Plane Lands On Its Nose At Danbury Airport

UPDATED: DANBURY, Conn. — Danbury police and firefighters responded to a report of a plane making a "rough landing" at Danbury Municipal Airport on Friday morning.

A plane landed on its nose at the Danbury Airport on Friday morning.
Photo Credit: *Danbury Fire Department*

Danbury firefighters help to put the plane back on its wheels after it landed on its nose at Danbury Airport on Friday morning.
Photo Credit: *Danbury Fire Department*

A small aircraft lands on its nose after a rough landing at Danbury Airport on Friday morning.
Photo Credit: *Danbury Fire Department*

Danbury firefighters respond to Danbury Airport on Friday morning after a small plane landed on its nose.
Photo Credit: *Danbury Fire Department*

The Danbury Fire Department responds to a plane that landed on its nose Friday at Danbury Airport.
Photo Credit: *Danbury Fire Department*

Karen Tensa

09/22/2017 12:00 p.m.

When Danbury fire units arrived after 10:30 a.m. Friday, they found a single-engine Cessna 180 airplane nose down on Runway 35, Assistant Fire Chief Mark Omasta said in a statement.

The pilot, Jeffrey Butler, was the only person on board at the time, and he was not injured while attempting a landing, Omasta said.

The Fire Department used its Ladder Tower to assist with righting the aircraft, which was nose down on the runway, he said.

The plane was then towed off the runway. The airport was shut down for a brief time to allow emergency vehicles to access the Cessna aircraft and reopened soon after.

The plane is registered to Butler and is based at Reliant Air in Danbury.

This incident is being investigated by the FAA’s Flight Standards District Office out of Windsor Locks.

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