THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 31, 1995 TAG: 9508310415
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: SUFFOLK LENGTH: Short : 35 lines
The nose of a Beechcraft Baron collapsed when the twin-engine airplane landed at Suffolk Municipal Airport on Wednesday.
No one was hurt in the incident, which happened about 12:48 p.m., but one of the airport's three runways was closed for about three hours until the crippled aircraft could be removed from the field.
The pilot, Frank Genovese of Chesapeake, was landing on runway 4-22, heading northeast, when the nose gear folded up, said Joe Love, airport manager. The plane slid to a stop, and Genovese and George A. Cipra of Suffolk, the only passenger, climbed out.
Cipra heads the Suffolk Police Department's detective bureau and is also a pilot.
No estimate of damage to the plane was available Wednesday.
Love said there was no indication of a problem before the landing. FAA officials will arrive today to investigate, he said.
Airport officials used a pickup to tow the plane to the hangar. ILLUSTRATION: JOHN H. SHEALLY II
Staff
The nose of this plane collapsed when the plane hit the runway in
Suffolk Wednesday.
KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT PLANE by CNB