Small airplane nose-down on runway at local airport, St Joseph County MI
Road ClosureA small airplane crash-landed nose-down on the local airport runway in St. Joseph County. The plane has damage and a fuel leak. Emergency services responded and closed the airport. The pilot appears uninjured and reports no explosives onboard.
Audio|Source: St. Joseph County Sheriff, Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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There's 711, 714, chewing route to the airport.
00:03
We received notification from Air Force that they got a beacon alert from a plane.
00:09
We also had a subject come up to the call box at the PD and advised us that there is an airplane nose down on the runway, unknown on injuries or whether it's on fire.
00:21
Can you put me on follow up at near 4th Street? That's correct.
00:28
Central 5433.
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5433, go ahead.
00:30
I am out here. We make contact with the fun involved party who's going to show me how to get over there.
00:36
Be out in a second.
00:37
That's clear.
00:38
34 to Central myself and 31 are just getting onto the airport.
00:41
That's great.
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Control 922, I'm out.
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Clear, 22. 2.
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2.433 to my trace.
00:49
Last unit on Prime.
00:51
Try again. I, you're covered in wind.
00:52
99.31, central.
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31, go ahead.
00:54
10-4[1]. You're going to have a mid-size plane down on the main runway, nose down,
00:59
medium damage.
01:00
The patient seems like he's driving the truck seems like he's fine at this point, no fire damage.
01:05
He says no explosives on board, nothing like that.
01:07
Time clear.
01:08
We will let station 7 now.
01:09
The report central one off the client.
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Click. Central 9922.
01:13
They do have some sort of leak coming from the airplane.
01:17
I'm not sure if it's fuel yet.
01:18
Clear 22. Thank you. Taking out of the runway, officers on saying you're trying to determine if it's fuel or not, we're calling the FAA, no.
01:23
7 units here, clear.
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Central 9-922, it is going to be fuel.
01:27
I'm clear 22, I'm fuel.
01:28
Hello, I've had drink for me tonight.
01:31
Okay, very much.
01:32
34 to 31. Can you check the pilot and see if he has any injuries? We're seeing a little bit of blood on the wing and in the cockpit.
01:40
14 to 11. They're on the north part where the fireworks would normally be.
01:45
Central, 711.
01:46
Can PD advise that they're on a runway?
01:47
711, that's affirmative.
01:49
They're going to be on the north side runway.
01:51
Negative. 9931 from 9901.
01:54
01 from 15.
01:56
Go ahead. If you advise this on the main runway 1-9, the north-south one.
02:01
One from 15, I believe that's going to be 24.
02:04
Clear. I have DWW putting up a no-dome to close the airport.
02:09
Okay.
02:10
Dispatch from 9902.
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9902, go ahead.
02:13
I'll be out of the airport. I'm clear about Tim.
02:14
22-01. I've got another pilot out here who's already calling the airport and make sure it shut down.
02:21
61 units from Central.
02:23
You have one of your callbacks.
02:24
Fortune's clear. 9902 from Central.
02:26
She'll go ahead.
02:27
Air Force services, the caller, is requesting us confirm the tail number on that plane and have a name for the pilot as well for them when we're able to get that to them.
02:38
Fair, thank you.
02:39
Central 922, I have that information if you're ready to take it on.
02:43
22 out of the...
02:44
It's going to be Nora 2-2 Lincoln Zebra.
02:48
N22LZ is the tail number.
02:49
The pilot is (name withheld).
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