EMERGENCY crews were called to an incident at Sandown Airport this afternoon (Monday).
A plane was seen to crash land on rough grass off the runway.
UPDATE: Pilot safely lands plane after fault with landing gear
A County Press reader who witnessed the event said the undercarriage failed to deploy, so the pilot flew around to deplete the craft's fuel before landing the Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche safely on its belly.
No one is thought to be seriously injured.
A spokesperson for Shanklin Fire Service confirmed no action was taken by the fire crew, but an inspection was carried out.
Police officers were among those in attendance.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: "At 1.05pm, we were made aware of a plane due to land at Sandown Airport this afternoon which had reported difficulties.
"The plane landed safely at 1.29pm."
Call 47 - TOC 13:01 - 14/03/22 Aircraft Pipper twin Comanche controlled belly landing / Gear up, on runway 23 @ Isle of Wight Airport, Sandown. No action taken by fire service inspection only. Pilot landed the aircraft safely pic.twitter.com/d5Gs2jxi4K
— Shanklin Fire Station (@ShanklinFire) March 14, 2022
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