The Sun Sentinel of Miami Florida is reporting that the nose gear on a twin-engine plane collapsed when it landed at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on Monday.
According to US Federal Aviation Administration officials, only the pilot was aboard the aircraft and he was reported to be unhurt.
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said in an e-mail that the plane took off from FXE and was returning to FXE, and on landing, the gear collapsed.
She said the incident happened just before 5 p.m. yesterday (Monday) and it temporarily shut down an airport runway until the damaged plane could be removed.
While the plane’s tail number showed a Turks and Caicos Islands registration and the aircraft flew the Caicos Express Airways logo, RTC News understands that the plane was not on a scheduled flight to Miami, but rather had gone to the US for maintenance purposes as Caicos Express Airways does not have any scheduled flights between Providenciales and the US.
The airline is expected to release a statement, once the official information becomes available.
