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Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Claremont Municipal Airport

A small plane made an emergency landing at Claremont Municipal Airport, New Hampshire, on May 3rd.

The plane was returning from Nashua, New Hampshire, when the pilot reported that he was unable to lower the landing gear. Airport authorities said in a new release, “After exhausting all possible remedies, the pilot advised that he would be attempting a landing with only the nose gear down and locked… The pilot came in on Runway 29 and set the plane down and it skidded to a halt.”

The pilot, John Wilson, of Lebanon, New Hampshire, remained unharmed.

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