Plane’s landing gear collapses in San Jose emergency landing

This turboprop plane with four people aboard made an emergency landing just before noon on Thursday at Mineta San Jose International Airport. The aircraft’s landing gear collapsed on touchdown, but no one was reported injjured less This turboprop plane with four people aboard made an emergency landing just before noon on Thursday at Mineta San Jose International Airport. The aircraft’s landing gear collapsed on touchdown, but no one was ... more Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Plane’s landing gear collapses in San Jose emergency landing 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A private plane with four passengers on board made an emergency landing at Mineta San Jose International Airport on Thursday, skidding to a stop on a runway as its landing gear collapsed, officials said.

No one was injured, according to an airport spokeswoman.

The pilot of the turboprop aircraft, a Piaggio P.180 Avanti, reported landing gear trouble just prior to noon, prompting rescue crews to race to the runway and brace for disaster.

Firefighters converged on the plane as soon as it was on the ground, but there were no flames to put out, said Rosemary Barnes, a spokeswoman for the airport. The four people aboard the aircraft survived with rattled nerves but where virtually unscathed.

Foam was spread around the plane to eliminate the risk of fire, said Barnes. The scare occurred on runway 30L, which was shut down until 2:44 p.m.

Barns said the incident had no impact the airport’s general flight operations.

Hamed Aleaziz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: haleaziz@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @haleaziz