Gear failure causes plane to crash land
February 2nd, 2010
A PLANE crash landed on the runway at the Darwin International Airport yesterday.
Police Watch Commander Senior Sergeant Craig Ryan said the Cessna 210 experienced a main gear failure during an attempted landing at 4.35pm yesterday afternoon.
"The plane skidded to the side of the runway, where it stopped," Watch Commander Sen-Sgt Ryan said.
The white and brown high-wing Cessna had to be towed off the runway.
The airport's operations manager Bob Callaby last night told the Northern Territory News that only two people had been on the plane, but nobody was injured in the incident.
Only two weeks ago a five-seater Cessna "belly landed" at Ngukurr, 320km southeast of Katherine, after the landing gear failed.
Nobody was injured in that incident and police praised the pilot's flying skills.