{"id":4091,"date":"2018-12-22T11:52:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T16:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:30:46","slug":"emergency-landing-at-winston-salem-airport-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/emergency-landing-at-winston-salem-airport-1971\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Landing at Winston-Salem Airport, 1971"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>From the May-June 1971 issue of<em> Hose and Nozzle<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Piedmont Airlines prop plane made an emergency landing at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. Jammed landing gear forced a belly landing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Runway foaming was started, but stopped when the pilot reported that the plane had only a few more minutes of fuel. It had circled the airport for about 30 minutes before landing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>City and county fire apparatus, along with rescue squads and ambulances were on scene.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>No fire was reported. A dozen passengers and crew were aboard. The flight originated in Knoxville and was headed to Washington. It was diverted to Winston-Salem when the pilot learned that the landing gear would not extend.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"977\" class=\"wp-image-4095\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-3-1024x977.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-3-1024x977.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-3-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-3-730x696.jpg 730w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-3.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1004\" class=\"wp-image-4093\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-1-1024x1004.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-1-1024x1004.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-1-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-1-730x715.jpg 730w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-12-22-hn-1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Femergency-landing-at-winston-salem-airport-1971%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4091\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Emergency Landing at Winston-Salem Airport, 1971\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Femergency-landing-at-winston-salem-airport-1971%2F&text=Emergency+Landing+at+Winston-Salem+Airport%2C+1971\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4091\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Emergency Landing at Winston-Salem Airport, 1971\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Femergency-landing-at-winston-salem-airport-1971%2F&description=Emergency+Landing+at+Winston-Salem+Airport%2C+1971\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4091\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Emergency Landing at Winston-Salem Airport, 1971\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the May-June 1971 issue of Hose and Nozzle magazine. Piedmont Airlines prop plane made an emergency landing at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. Jammed landing gear forced a belly landing. Runway foaming was started, but stopped when the pilot reported that the plane had only a few more minutes of fuel. 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