Small plane lands without landing gear at airport, Traverse City MI


A small twin-engine plane landed at Cherry Capital Airport without using its landing gear. No injuries or hazards were reported. Fire and rescue units responded and later stood down.
Audio|Source: Traverse City and Grand Traverse County District 7 MSP Digital Fire / Police
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Transcript:
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A small twin engine landed with no landing gear. Well advice.
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Clear. Would you like additional resources in that way?
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Good.
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Do you get resources started? What advice here in just a minute?
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Clear.
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Two, three.
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I just want to confirm, I thought you said 3A for the alert, but it's a passenger plane or small plane.
00:38
It's a small plane. It's a small plane.
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Kathy.
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Two.
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A-1685 comes down and gets out of the way.
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Run a thick bead right down the center from about where you're sitting.
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Copy.
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Staff alert,
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1A, have Rescue 3 and Rescue 4 on scene, have a small aircraft that did land with no landing gear, staging 4,
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City Engine 2,
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City Engine 2, City Rescue 1, 3.01,
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and MMR 1. You can all switch 2 and check in on Fireground 1.
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MMR1.
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Central City Fire 3-1.
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Okay.
01:49
MMR 1, second route, 301 going.
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Great Central, is there any immediate hazard with this aircraft again, any players, anything else falling out?
01:59
None reported and already on the runway.
02:05
2-301 from RFU-4.
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454, go ahead.
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Yeah, we weren't sure exactly what we had.
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There won't be a need for EMS here,
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no injuries.
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There are no hazards leaking from the plane.
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We're just going to have you continue to respond so we get a little more definitive what we have here.
02:39
Okay, Airfreskes for a copy on that.
02:42
Vision 2 will be the first one there. We'll continue from the west side 1040 unless otherwise advised.
02:49
Okay, Chief, and if I can send you a picture, just so you have an idea what we're looking at.
02:58
Yeah, that'd be fine. I'm headed that way.
03:05
So that don't need to see anybody and I'm knowing where she is now. That's right.
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And then on one, copy is right.
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Once they get here,
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I don't know which way they're going to be coming in from.
03:26
On the area of Goodfield and South Airport for a white jeep 4x 4 by 4, found some road rage issues, we've been on traffic and was getting out of vehicle yelling at my ERP.
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He's now separated and heading westbound on the airport. No one to be seen, we're telling.
03:51
Copy that, crew come from the east.
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They won't be able to make it up the hill if they come from the west.
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301 from Art Rescue 4.
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Fire Prescue 4 is good.
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Confirming it out, so it looks like we're going to be all set here to handle this.
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Okay, copy there, Hartescue Floor City Fighter is going to stand down. Thank you for your help.
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Greg Central from City Color 3.01 on Fire Zone.
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Location mentioned:
Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), 727 Fly Don't Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686
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