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UPDATE: Vintage replica plane ends up on its back on runway at 91原创 airport

It appears there were no injuries in the single plane incident
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A Sopwith vintage aircraft that belongs to the museum of flight flipped onto its back after a mishap during landing at 91原创 Regional Airport Tuesday afternoon. Troy Landreville 91原创 Times

No one was injured after a mishap at 91原创 Regional Airport Tuesday afternoon.

91原创 Township deputy fire chief Bruce Ferguson said when firefighters arrived, a Sopwith Pup replica belonging to the Canadian Museum of Flight was on its back on the airport runway, and the pilot was uninjured.

鈥淔or some reason, either dragging brakes or improper trim or something, the tail of the plane wouldn鈥檛 settle when it landed,鈥 explained museum general manager Dave Arnold.

鈥淎nd with that gear, you鈥檝e got all that weight up high.

鈥淥nce you get leaning too far forward, it just keeps going. You can鈥檛 stop it.鈥

Subsequently, the plane rolled over on its prop, then its nose, and wound up on its back.

鈥淭here鈥檚 little damage, really, other than the prop and the nose bowl, a little cosmetic scuff here and there,鈥 Arnold said.

鈥淚t does mean that we have to take the engine out, and open it up and have a look at it, and make sure there鈥檚 nothing bent.鈥

Arnold said this is an 鈥渆xtremely slow鈥 aircraft, which helped minimize the damage.

鈥淲hen it went over he probably wasn鈥檛 doing more than about 15, 20 mph,鈥 Arnold said.





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