(my old stompin grounds, nicely done, video in the link below)
https://www.klkntv.com/watch-plane-scrapes-runway-in-rough-landing-at-lincoln-airport/LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A small plane made a hard landing Tuesday at the Lincoln Airport.
A spokeswoman said the plane was carrying six people, a family from York who were on the way back from vacation in Florida.
The plane was supposed to land in York, but about 1:15 p.m., it diverted to Lincoln due to a problem with the front landing gear.
The Lincoln Airport has a longer runway and is better equipped to handle emergency landings, spokeswoman Rachel Barth said.
“Your front nose gear is out, and it’s extended about halfway out,” an LNK air traffic controller could be heard saying on a recording of the incident on LiveATC.net.
“Alrighty. Yep, that’s what we thought,” replied the pilot of the Pilatus PC-12.
After trying to fix the landing gear, the pilot eventually decided to land without it.
“I think we’re just going to put the gear up and land on our belly,” he told the control tower.
