Small plane lands with landing gear failure at Erie Airport, Erie PA


A small propeller plane with two people on board approached Erie Airport with its landing gear failing to deploy. Emergency Alert 2 was declared, multiple fire and EMS units were stationed near Gate 17, and the airport was closed except for runway 6/24 to handle the situation.
Audio|Source: Erie County Fire and EMS
06:41
Transcript:
00:00
Airport personnel, aircraft still having gear problems.
00:04
Right now, Alert 1, they're going to do a fly-by,
00:08
standby, because the gear is not down, we'll upgrade to Alert 2.
00:11
Jeremy, are you on radio?
00:13
That's affirmative.
00:14
Did you copy any of the transmission?
00:16
Loud and clear.
00:17
Do I have someone available to go to gate 17?
00:20
We will have needed.
00:21
Copy, thank you.
00:22
C-142-1 service, Ocelain.
00:29
City City County, Station 82.
00:31
Station 82, go ahead.
00:33
County, Enter 534, right.
00:34
Three County.
00:35
Station 82, we have an aircraft emergency, no landing gear.
00:39
The allegiance propeller plane.
00:41
We have two souls on board with a good amount of fuel.
00:45
We'd like to declare an alert to.
00:47
We'll have a unit, someone standing by 817 at North Coast Air.
00:50
With this use this.
00:51
County copies the alert to.
00:53
Okay, we do be from our date 17.
00:55
We're having a deal for coming. 104 in the city.
00:57
DC 113. I'm going to have you head over to select specialty and remain the service.
01:01
County, you copy 534 in service and quarters.
01:03
ACU104, NAC in the city, Coast One.
01:05
Erie County, Station 82.
01:07
524. Go ahead. Yeah,
01:09
copy, we'll get some of the 817.
01:11
City County, Station 882, we have an alert to aircraft with low-lane in gear, two pools on board.
01:16
Small aircraft, but with a good amount of fuel, it's clear an emergency, an alert to, like units to respond to the 817.
01:25
Copy that, thank you.
01:26
City County copies, we're getting them started now.
01:28
Westlake, 925-924 area airport.
01:31
Alert 2.
01:32
E115 operations.
01:34
In 415.
01:35
Lake Erie Airport, 924, 925 NMP 14, alert to Erie Airport (number withheld) West 12th Street.
01:43
The 111st priority for you select specialty 252 West 11, room 205, going to 2950 Elwood F.
01:52
West Lake Erie Airport 924-925 mp14 alert to Erie Airport (number withheld) West 12th Street, Gate 17 operations millcreek fire attack 1.
02:06
924 around.
02:07
14.
02:08
924. Alert 2, going to Gate 17.
02:11
Got a propeller plane, two soles, plenty of fuel landing gear is not coming down.
02:18
925 copies on location, Gate 17.
02:20
Journey? 925 at Gate 17.
02:22
Hey, Jeremy, you on? That's affirmative.
02:24
I'm going to be on the way out for you here.
02:26
620 is in the route.
02:27
All right, whoever's going to Gate 17, the whole airfield's closed except for runway 624.
02:32
Whole airport's closed except for the runway for the emergency.
02:36
Everything else is closed.
02:37
If we need to bring anyone in, you can bring them in.
02:39
The only thing that's not closed is runway 6-24.
02:41
920. 5-2 copies of Gate 17.
02:44
Station 82, Eriken.
02:45
Copy. I think I got all that loud and clear at my radio.
02:48
It isn't working quite right.
02:50
Station 82. Station 82, any information on where the plane's coming from in ETA? One problem.
02:57
BTA is the aircrafts in the pattern.
02:59
They're trying to get their landing gear down.
03:01
It's not coming down.
03:02
We're not sure if they're going to accept the landing yet, but they are in the pattern less than two miles.
03:08
Got in the pattern less than two miles.
03:10
County, we got a unit standing by gate 17 on North Coast air ready for whoever's coming in.
03:16
Copy. Mill Creek fire engine should be unseen.
03:18
Everyone else is still coming also.
03:20
Cade 23, copies.
03:21
County one public in service response area.
03:22
My 12 in a response area.
03:27
County 923 and 922 are clear of the details back in service.
03:31
Theory County, copy. 9.4 is on 2.
03:33
924. 5.1, I got two trucks over at 8.17 and sats off the fence.
03:43
I wait for you. 107, clear.
03:44
Oh, we might have some good news here.
03:45
It looks like possibly they might have something down.
03:48
DC-107 in service.
03:49
That's one. Golly.
03:50
Okay, Jeremy and Brian, if they don't have another call, you might as well keep them here so we know this plane's down.
03:56
Yep, not a problem, just for the time.
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Location mentioned:
Erie Int'l Airport (ERI), 4411 W 12th St, Erie, PA 16505
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