Reported on PPrune with footage. No-one was hurt. 🙂
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/476956-t-33-lands-gear-up-st-george-ut.html
By: Dr. John Smith - 12th February 2012 at 16:41
T-33 gear up landing in the USA
Type: Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 3 (T-33/CL-30)
Operator: Thunder Five Inc.
Registration: N333MJ
C/n / msn: T33-456
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Minor
Location: St. George Municipal Airport – KSGU, Utah, United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport: KSGU
Narrative:
The pilot of a Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 3 (T-33/CL-30), painted as TV-2 Shooting Star Bu137955 “0” of The Blue Angels, reported one of his main landing gear had locked up and wouldn’t lower. He decided to retract the gears for safety reasons and prepared belly landing.
Emergency services were were standby at St. George Municipal Airport – KSGU, UT, and coated the runway with foam before the pilot made a belly landing resulting in relative minor damage.
Both occupants escaped unhurt.
Update -5 FEB 2012. The aircarft is on its wheels and the problem has been discovered and corrected.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=142275
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2012/02/03/st-george-municipal-airport-provides-for-emergency-belly-landing/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=333MJ&x=0&y=0
By: Peter - 12th February 2012 at 16:11
And minimal damage to the aircraft by the looks of things. Not sure about the reference to T33 Hellcat though?
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February 12, 2012 at 10:57 am