Investigation after flight-school plane damaged in landing
By Zaryd WilsonEditor - Whanganui Chronicle ·Whanganui Chronicle·
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Save The Cessna 152 was damaged on landing. Photo / Bevan Conley
A pilot is uninjured after a plane was damaged landing at Whanganui Airport this morning.
The Cessna 152 operated by the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy (NZICPA) had to be towed off the runway to its hangar.
The pilot, on a solo flight, was uninjured but the nose landing
gear of the aircraft was damaged.
Academy chief executive Phillip Bedford said it was a "minor incident on landing".
"There's some mechanical damage to the plane and our engineers are working through that."