Clyde River (May 05/03) - A rough landing in Clyde River on April 27 scared many of the community's residents.

Tommy Enuaraq and his wife were at the airport that evening to meet their 13-year-old daughter, Pie, who was coming in on Air Nunavut's King Air plane.

Pie and 12 other people were on their way back from a trip to Arctic Bay.

The group danced in the community during the celebrations for the end of Nunavut Quest -- the territory's longest dog race.

"We saw the charter plane flying above the runway, but the landing lights were not on. It came around again and it seemed to be coming down very, very fast. It landed more than half way down the runway," said Enuaraq.

The plane went off the runway and came to a stop, and witnesses like Enuaraq went out to make sure everything was okay.

"There were some kids crying. My daughter was crying on the ground. One girl had to be carried away because she was in a state of shock.

They all got pretty frightened," he said.

Airport personnel helped retrieve the plane, which was flown back to Iqaluit the same evening.

No one was injured and there was no damage to the aircraft.

Officials from the Government of Nunavut and the owners of Air Nunavut refused to comment on the cause of the incident.

Methuselah Kunuk, the assistant deputy minister for transportation, said there will be an investigation into the incident.

"Any aircraft incident has to be investigated by the federal government," he explained.

Jeff Mahoney, co-owner of Air Nunavut, said the plane landed long, which means it touched down too far down the runway.

"The conditions were probably a little bit slippery," he explained.

Air Nunavut, formerly known as Air Baffin, has been serving residents for more than 10 years.