N116DD - Landing Mishap at KDAL

Aviation Notable Activity
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N116DD had a landing mishap at Dallas’s Love Field (KDAL) this afternoon. The landing gear collapsed and the plane skidded on its nose into a grassy area between its runway and a taxiway. There was no fire, and since the runway was not impeded, it did not cause any significant traffic delays.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N116DD

Incident Paging Network sent out these alerts via e-mail:

From: IPN IPN@IPN911.net

DFW| Dallas| Aircraft Down| 453.875| Alert 3 x/Love Field|E-42 OS unknown size aircraft skidded off runway no injuries Red 1, 2, & 3 remain out| DFW424| 16:50

From: IPN IPN@IPN911.net

DFW| Dallas| Aircraft Down| 453.875| Alert 3 x/Love Field|U/D: Red 1 OS 4 engine bizjet skidded off runway broken nose gear one runway closed no reptd injurie| DFW424| 16:54

A short news item and photo are here: http://www.nbc5i.com/news/7888595/detail.html#

There is a video clip on the tv station’s main page, but I couldn’t capture a link to post here.

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Uh-oh somebody is going to have some explaining to do…

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Since this happened THREE YEARS ago I suspect the case is closed.

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…and remember kids crack kills :smiling_imp: :smiling_imp: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

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I wish it’d hurry up.