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Aviation => Aviation Accidents/Incidents => Topic started by: RonR on May 19, 2013, 10:34:23 AM

Title: Belly landing at KEWR
Post by: RonR on May 19, 2013, 10:34:23 AM
Piedmont 4560 had to make a belly landing at Newark Airport early Saturday morning at around 1:00AM local time.  The flight crew could not get the landing gear to come down.  There were no injuries.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/18/us-airways-plane-makes-unusual-belly-landing-at-newark-airport/

You can see the FlightAware track here:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE4560/history/20130518/0254Z/KPHL/KEWR

There does not appear to be any audio available for this flight; the various KEWR feeds may have been down at the time of the incident.

Ron
Title: Re: Belly landing at KEWR
Post by: RonR on May 19, 2013, 10:53:11 AM
Some pictures and video of the incident...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iqJfGTCb7M8

The video isn't the best quality but you can see what's going on...

Title: Re: Belly landing at KEWR
Post by: RonR on May 19, 2013, 10:55:19 AM
And another link to information...

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/05/18/no-landing-gear-no-problem-well-done-job-by-u-s-airways-pilot-and-crew-with-video/
Title: Re: Belly landing at KEWR
Post by: UnitedFlyer737 on May 19, 2013, 01:36:11 PM
Was this a Dash 8? Thanks for the pics.
Title: Re: Belly landing at KEWR
Post by: joeyb747 on May 19, 2013, 06:16:26 PM
Was this a Dash 8? Thanks for the pics.

Yes, Piedmont Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-100 on behalf of US Airways, registration N934HA.

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=46273d9a&opt=0