http://www.kgns.tv/content/news/b-400316481.htmlThere was a window of a little less than 2 hours where the plane took off and the pilot found there was a problem with the primary nose gear not responding correctly. During the flight they looped back multiple times and tried to do touch and go's (rough ones) to knock the front gear down with no success. Finally they resulted in coming to a landing on the runway with emergency crews at the standby. Thankfully all made it out ok. I haven't heard on injuries but the initial reports looked good so far.
You can listen to the full audio on the archives from my feed :
http://www.liveatc.net/archive.php?m=klrd Time frame starts nov 7 20:30 through 22:30 approximately to hear the full situation unfold including contacting ground maintenance and working through the problem. I am attaching copies of it stripped out of the radio silence for brevity.
Congratulations to the pilot and crew for walking away from this crash. Praise also goes to all who helped both in the tower and maintenance field. Excellent job guys and I am glad this didn't go as the pilot feared it might.
