Landing gear folds up on plane in Minden

Pilot survives scare at Minden Tahoe Airport. Photo/Provided

The pilot of a plane that landed without its landing gear down was not injured.

Alfred Asti, 77, landed his Piper Camanche 400 at Minden Tahoe Airport about 12:28pm March 12.

Asti told Douglas County sheriff’s deputies that his approach was high and as the plane came into contact with the ground, the plane bounced. When it bounced a second time the landing gear folded up and the plane collapsed to the ground sliding off the runway.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report