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A PILOT was left shaken after losing a wheel and running off the runway while trying to land at Moorabbin Airport this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the airport when the single-engine aircraft damaged a wing and lost a wheel at around 2.20pm.
MFB spokeswoman Meg Rayner said the pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, had escaped relatively unscathed but was “quite shaken”.
“He’s hit the runway and taken a sharp turn to the left and run across the infield,” Ms Rayner said.
“Luckily his wheel came off and that brought the plane to an abrupt halt.”
Fire crews remained at the scene to check whether the plane’s fuel cell was undamaged before towing it off the runway.
The incident caused the temporary closure of the North-South runways while the plane was removed, while the other runways remained open.
Fire trucks from Carlton, Clayton, Mentone and Highett attended the accident.