Incident occurred November 14, 2014 at Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO), Greensboro, North Carolina
GREENSBORO — A Honda Aircraft spokeswoman said today that the HondaJet program won't be affected by a blown tire during a landing this morning.
A HondaJet blew a tire as it landed about 11:30 a.m. at Piedmont Triad International Airport, causing the airport to scramble firefighters to the scene.
Honda spokeswoman Aleasha Vuncannon said at 3 p.m. in an email that the aircraft "was returning to the airport from a routine test flight mission."
Two crew members were aboard and there were no injuries or damage to the aircraft, Vuncannon wrote.
She wrote that the tire was replaced and the plane is back in service.
Honda and the Federal Aviation Administration are making intensive final tests of the plane before the company begins delivering the jets in 2015.
Honda Aircraft Co. is building the light jet at its PTI headquarters.
"This does not have any impact on the certification program or aircraft production," Vuncannon wrote.
Posted at 11:54 a.m.
GREENSBORO — A HondaJet blew a tire as it landed at the Piedmont Triad International Airport this morning, causing the airport to scramble firefighters to the scene.
The incident happened about 11:30 a.m.
No injuries were reported.
The pilot landed on runway five, PTI operations director Julie Beadle said.
“Upon landing, it appears that one of his gear tires blew,” Beadle said.
Information about further damage to the aircraft was unavailable.
Firefighters are on the scene.
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A HondaJet blew a tire upon landing Friday at Piedmont Triad International Airport.
The incident happened at about 11:30 a.m., said Julie Beadle, director of operations for the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority.
She said no one was injured.
Firefighters responded to the scene.
"It was a fairly minor incident," Beadle said.
Honda officials said in a statement that the aircraft was returning to the airport from a routine test flight mission.
"There were no injuries and no damage to the airplane," according to the statement. "The tire was replaced on the aircraft, and the aircraft has now returned to service."
Honda Aircraft Co.'s $4.5 million HondaJet, touted as a lightweight, fuel-efficient business jet, has garnered 100 orders. Honda expects to achieve aircraft type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration in the first quarter of 2015 and begin deliveries of the plane soon afterward.
Honda Aircraft recently announced that it had begun construction on a $19 million, 74,000-square-foot expansion of its world headquarters at PTI.
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