Regis#: N63TB
Aircraft Make: SOCATA
Aircraft Model: TB20
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
FAA FSDO: FAA Reno FSDO-11
City: RENO
State: Nevada
AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, RENO/STEAD AIRPORT, RENO, NV
JAMES E. SIEVERS: http://registry.faa.gov/N63TB
1:23 p.m. update: A pilot "walked away" from a plane belly landing on the runway at the Reno-Stead Airport Thursday afternoon, the Reno-Tahoe International Airport Authority said.
"We're talking about a very small private plane, it was a single engine, and no passengers just the pilot," Heidi Jared, Reno-Tahoe International Airport Authority spokeswoman, said. "It was essentially a rough landing."
"There were no injures the pilot walked away," she said, adding he was not hospitalized. "It was great news in that regard."
The rough landing occurred at about 12 p.m., but the plane was cleared from the runway an nearly an hour afterward. The landing gear locked for unknown reasons causing the plane to "land wheels up," Jared said.
"Thankfully the pilot was skilled enough and the weather was great that he was able to guide the plane down safely," she said.
12:12 p.m. update: According to scanner radio reports, a small plane made a "belly landing" around noon Thursday at Stead airport north of Reno.
Scanner announcements indicate that one person has a minor injury and is being transported to a hospital.
The incident happened on the west side of the airport's land, according to the scanner.
Original article can be found here: http://www.rgj.com
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