G200 off runway at HPN-Oops

[jonjuan]

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/UPDATE/703160449

Jet skids off runway at Westchester Airport; flights delayed or canceled



By CAREN HALBFINGER
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: March 16, 2007)

WHITE PLAINS - Hundreds of passengers had their flights delayed today at Westchester County Airport, after a private jet returning from Bermuda skidded off the only runway.
There were no injuries in the accident, but the airport suspended flights after the 9:48 a.m. incident, leaving a crowd of travelers stranded in the terminal indefinitely.
"We just have to get the plane out of the turf," said John Starace, operations manager.
The plane, a Grumman G200 Galaxy, held six passengers and two pilots. It had landed from Bermuda this morning, then slipped off the runway while taxying toward the customs hanger, getting stuck in the mud.
As of noon, two tow trucks were working to pull the aircraft from the mud. Airplanes cannot back up, and their wheels have no traction, so the trucks are placing straps around the wheels and gingerly pulling it backwards.

 

[Some guy]

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/UPDATE/703160449

Jet skids off runway at Westchester Airport; flights delayed or canceled



By CAREN HALBFINGER
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: March 16, 2007)

WHITE PLAINS - Hundreds of passengers had their flights delayed today at Westchester County Airport, after a private jet returning from Bermuda skidded off the only runway.
There were no injuries in the accident, but the airport suspended flights after the 9:48 a.m. incident, leaving a crowd of travelers stranded in the terminal indefinitely.
"We just have to get the plane out of the turf," said John Starace, operations manager.
The plane, a Grumman G200 Galaxy, held six passengers and two pilots. It had landed from Bermuda this morning, then slipped off the runway while taxying toward the customs hanger, getting stuck in the mud.
As of noon, two tow trucks were working to pull the aircraft from the mud. Airplanes cannot back up, and their wheels have no traction, so the trucks are placing straps around the wheels and gingerly pulling it backwards.

So if the wheels had traction, could the aircraft get out under it's own power? What if the wheels had traction, but the tires didn't?

 

[GEARSLINGER]

A Grumman G200 huh???????
Well at least Gulfstream didn't get any bad press out of this! I wonder if they were in a hurry to exit the runway because of traffic behind them. If so, I guess they went around anyway. I am glad no one was hurt and the plane not damaged!

 

[hammer2]

Tail Number???

 

[C680]

Netjets paintjob

Tail Number???

729QS. Click here for the video!!!

Was managed by NetJets according to news reports. Picture looks like a NetJets PaintJob.

They were told to expedite their taxi and got disoriented, went 20 feet off the runway into the mudway.

Oopsie.

 

[C680]

729QS. Click here for the video!!!

Was managed by NetJets according to news reports. Picture looks like a NetJets PaintJob.

They were told to expedite their taxi and got disoriented, went 20 feet off the runway into the mudway.

Oopsie.

That was a quick flight too.

 

[RNObased]

729QS. Click here for the video!!!

They were told to expedite their taxi and got disoriented, went 20 feet off the runway into the mudway.

Oopsie.

Expedite??!!! During a nasty snow storm??? Gotta love HPN...

 

[acaTerry]

They can kiss my slow taxiing a$$. If they can't manage their traffic, that's their problem, not mine.

 

[Guitar rocker]

They can kiss my slow taxiing a$$. If they can't manage their traffic, that's their problem, not mine.

Exactly, couldnt agree more.........

 

[buckeyes95]

I wouldn't hurry and put my ticket on the line for anyone.