Tuesday, June 19, 2018

North American F-100F Super Sabre, N2011V: Incident occurred June 18, 2018 at Fort Wayne International Airport (KFWA), Indiana

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Indianapolis

During landing parachute failed to deploy, go around initiated, went off the runway. Aircraft circled back, landed without parachute and caught fire.

American Horizons Limited Inc: http://registry.faa.gov/N2011V

Date: 18-JUN-18
Time: 17:30:00Z
Regis#: N2011V
Aircraft Make: NORTH AMERICAN
Aircraft Model: F 100F
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: FIRE
Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Aircraft Operator: RACE91
City: FORT WAYNE
State: INDIANA




FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A fighter jet used for general aviation blew a tire and was stopped on a runway at Fort Wayne International Airport on Monday.

Around 3:45 p.m., NewsChannel 15 was told by multiple viewers that a fighter jet appeared to have made an emergency landing at the airport. One video sent to NewsChannel 15 showed several emergency vehicles including Fort Wayne Fire engines on a runway around the jet.

Airport spokesperson Rebecca Nield told NewsChannel 15 that a F-100 fighter jet based at the airport and used for general aviation blew a tire and was on runway 14-32. Neild said a crew was putting a spare tire on the jet and it was expected to take until after 5 p.m. to get the plane off the runway.

The incident caused some commercial flights to be delayed, and others were diverted, Neild said.

No injuries were reported in the incident.

Original article can be found here: http://www.wane.com

A vintage fighter jet blew a tire landing and tied up air traffic for about an hour Monday at Fort Wayne International Airport.

The F-100 retired jet is privately owned, said Scott Hinderman, executive director of airports for the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority. It's parachute used in landings failed to open about 3:45 p.m., and a tire blew as it braked to a stop, he said.

The tire was replaced and the aircraft was removed. No one was injured and there was no damage to the runway, Hinderman said.

Original article can be found here: http://www.journalgazette.net

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