EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — An Eau Claire-based executive jet made a safe emergency landing at the Eau Claire airport after the pilot radioed doubts whether the landing gear had locked in place. This was about 8 a.m. The pilot called about the landing gear 10 minutes out and reported 1,600 pounds of fuel on board. Fire units lined the runway as the plane came in. The landing was uneventful with the landing gear in place. No one was injured. The seven-passenger Cessna Citation, owned by the Menards home improvement superstore chain, was on a 90-minute flight from Waterloo in Iowa.
Pilot’s view. From cockpit of Cessna Citation executive jet.