Gear Up Landing in Conn.

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Any chance this was a StarChecker??


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Jun 30, 11:43 AM EDT

Small Plane Makes Belly Landing in Conn.


WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) -- A small, two-engine plane made an emergency belly landing on a foam-covered runway Monday morning at Bradley International Airport.

The plane did not land on the airport's main runway, and the airport was never closed, said Chris Cooper, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

The pilot, who was the only person aboard the Beechcraft Baron, was uninjured, Cooper said.

The pilot had reported a problem with the plane's landing gear, Cooper said.

Airport crews sprayed foam on the runway while the plane circled to burn off excess fuel. The aircraft made a wheels-up, belly landing at about 9:45 a.m.

Cooper said the plane was "some type of a bank courier." There was no immediate information on the plane's destination or origin.

The Baron, built by Raytheon, can carry up to six people and has a range of about 1,800 miles.

 

[groundpointsix]

According to the local NBC affiliate, who felt it necesarry to update us on this allllllll morning, it was a -55 Baron so that would preclude it from being Airnet. But then again, since when did they get it right? I saw the TV coverage and couldn't tell if it was a -55 or a -58 from the angle the camera was at.

 

[jaybird]

Any chance this was a StarChecker??

Yes it was. From what I've heard it was his first night online and it was a mechanical failure of some sort. He's OK though.

 

[HAZ-MAT]

My father works at BDL and called my yesterday to ask if he knew if it was one of ours... I told him i didnt hear anything, but he saw it and told me the guy did an excellent job, they foamed down the runway, and he made an uneventful landing, just damaged the props. I hope it wasnt the new TEB guy.