LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A small aircraft skidded right into a ditch adjoining to the runway at Henderson Govt Airport within the southwest Las Vegas valley Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred simply after 10 a.m. on Wednesday when airport officers stated the Malibu 171 plane ended up within the ditch. Officers stated the three people have been capable of depart the aircraft safely. Fireplace crews and airport personnel have been on website after the incident.
No info was instantly accessible as as to whether the aircraft’s occupants have been injured or the reason for the crash.
In line with the Federal Aviation Administration, the Henderson Govt Airport is a “small to medium-sized” airport with two parallel runways and “supports a large helicopter population.”
It isn’t the primary arduous touchdown at Henderson Govt Airport. In 2019 a Cessna 182’s touchdown gear collapsed. That touchdown did not injure anybody however the plane sustained minor injury. Simply days earlier, a aircraft taking off from the airport had mechanical points simply after takeoff, crashing simply south of the airport and killing two.