Date: 05-MAY-16
Time: 17:20:00Z
Regis#: N5471G
Aircraft Make: BEECH
Aircraft Model: 36
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
Activity: Personal
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 91
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Jackson FSDO-31
City: JACKSON
State: Mississippi
AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, JACKSON, MS.
No injuries are being reported after landing gear collapsed as a single-engine plane landed at Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.
Federal Aviation spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the nose gear collapse happened about 12:10 p.m. Thursday when the Beechcraft Bonanza landed.
FAA records show the plane is registered to Prime Logic Inc., a Tupelo business. Arthur Dillon, an employee with Prime Logic, said the only person on board was Shannon Dillon, the company's owner and pilot of the plane. Arthur Dillon says Shannon Dillon was not injured.
The runway was closed until the aircraft could be removed.
A spokeswoman for the airport did not return calls seeking comment Thursday afternoon.
Bergen says the FAA is investigating.
Original article can be found here: http://www.clarionledger.com
JACKSON, Miss. —Landing gear collapsed after a single-engine plane landed at Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, closing a runway for a time.
Federal Aviation spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the collapse happened about 12:10 p.m. Thursday when the Beechcraft Bonanza landed.
The runway was closed until the aircraft could be removed. A spokeswoman for the airport wasn't immediately answering questions about the accident or whether anyone has been injured.
FAA records show the plane is registered to Prime Logic Inc., a Tupelo business. Calls to the business weren't answered Thursday.
Bergen says the FAA is investigating.
Original article can be found here: http://www.wapt.com
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