Trying to land as icy weather rolled in, a six-passenger plane—carrying four adults and 18-month-old twins—missed its landing Monday night at the Montgomery County Airpark but injured no one on board.
The plane en route from Florida came up short of the Gaithersburg airport’s 4,200-foot runway just after 7:30 p.m., according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.
“I can’t really speak to the cause of it. The pilot was complaining of ice, but other than that, I can’t really make any judgments on the cause,” said Capt. Robert Landry. “… The plane stayed upright and just landed short of the runway. So everybody’s lucky.”
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Authorities have not disclosed the name of anyone on board, but Landry said the pilot is from Philadelphia.
This was the fourth mishap at the airpark in two years, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. None of the accidents have resulted in serious injury.
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