Update: Several people who say they witnessed the landing have disputed MCFRS’s description of a “hard landing,” describing it as smooth and praising the pilot’s handling of the situation.
A small twin-engine aircraft made a hard landing without its front landing gear at Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg Monday evening, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) spokesperson Pete Piringer.
Piringer reported no fire or serious injuries. The two people aboard the aircraft are being evaluated, and the airpark remains closed to air traffic with MCFRS crews on scene…