A landing gear malfunction caused the hard landing of a plane last month at the Chattanooga airport, according to a preliminary report.
The report was released earlier this month by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The incident happened on July 30 as a Cessna was traveling from Destin, Florida, to Dayton, Tennessee, with a pilot and two passengers aboard, the report states. The pilot told federal investigator that while preparing to land in Dayton, he was unable to get the landing gear to go down. He noticed hydraulic fluid on the floorboard and decided to divert to the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport.
He landed on the runway with the nose gear down and the two main landing gear partially extended. As the plane slowed, it veered to the right and hit a taxiway sign, sliding to a stop in the grass.
The plane sustained substantial damage but there were no injuries.
The incident happened the same day a storm damaged the copper dome of the airport.