A pilot ran through the usual steps of getting ready to land his small plane, except for one little thing he forgot to lower his landing gear.Without wheels, Thomas Lepsch's Beechcraft Bonanza skidded a few hundred feet down the runway at Middlesboro/Bell County Airport before coming to a stop Thursday.
"I'd never been at this airport before," Lepsch said. "There's a routine you go through as you prepare for a landing. I was distracted by another plane taking off and simply forgot to lower the landing gear. It was pilot error."
Lepsch, 50, of Kingsport, Tenn., was not hurt, and he said there appeared to be little damage to his small plane, which he has owned since 1985.
Lepsch had been flying over eastern Kentucky "to scout out some good fishing sites."
He said he considered driving, but after a storm front cleared out "it looked like a beautiful day for flying."
Source: CBS11
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Tags: Landing Gear | Plane
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