REDDING, Calif. (AP) —A firefighting airplane under contract to the U.S. Forest Service made an emergency landing at the Redding airport when its landing gear failed.
The Forest Service says there were no injuries.
A pilot and a Forest Service firefighting coordinator were on board the twin-engine Aero Commander owned by Utah-based Kolob Canyons Air Service.
The pilot discovered the nose landing gear had not retracted after takeoff Wednesday afternoon. The plane's nose struck the tarmac as it landed.
The Forest Service is assessing the damage and investigating the incident.
The plane was assigned to fighting wildfires west of Redding.
The incident comes after nine fire personnel died and four were injured in an Aug. 5 helicopter crash near another complex of blazes west of Redding.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10203694
Fonte: Flight Safety Information 19/08/2008.
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