CRETE, Neb. (AP) — Saline County Emergency Management officials say no one was injured in an emergency landing after a small plane’s landing gear malfunctioned.
The plane carrying two people circled the Crete Municipal Airport on Tuesday before descending without its front wheel. The plane landed on its back wheels and nose before skidding to a stop.
Pilot Mitch Edwards tells KLKN-TV he was taking his passenger from Crete to Salina, Kansas. He says he returned to the airport when he discovered the problem after trying to land in Kansas.
It’s unclear what caused the malfunction. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.