Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Clearwater Airpark

CLEARWATER, FL — A Friday morning emergency landing at Clearwater Airpark turned out about as well as can be expected under the circumstances, according to firefighters.

Clearwater Fire & Rescue crews were called to the airport around 10:45 a.m. Jan. 27 "after the landing gear on a small plane collapsed upon landing," an email from the agency said. The pilot was the only one on board the Beechcraft Bonanza when the malfunction occurred, the agency noted.

"There were no injuries to the pilot," the email said. No fuel leakage occurred either.

Clearwater Airpark is a city-owned public facility located at 1000 N. Hercules Ave.

Further details about the emergency landing, including the pilot's name, are not yet available.

Photo courtesy of Clearwater Public Safety