Pilot, passenger OK after hard landing at Rostraver Airport

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

Area first responders were called Monday afternoon to Rostraver Airport after airport personnel reported an inbound single-engine plane with two occupants was experiencing issues with its front landing gear. Rostraver Central Fire Department said first responders from its department and Rostraver-West Newton Emergency Services staged along the runway while the pilot executed a hard landing. In the end, no injuries were reported.

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