19871229077209I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stbros SD3-30 · Allentown, PA · December 29, 1987

Date: December 29, 1987 · 14:56 local
Place: Allentown, PA
Airport: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N724SA
Reported as: Stbros SD330
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A45R
People aboard: 26
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,525 total354 in this make and model279 in the last 90 days

N724SARegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30S/N SH-3024 · Built 1978 Airframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SD3-30 Engine modelU/A Canada PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unsafe nose gear indication. Diverted. Nose gear retracted on rollout. Down lock mechanism frozen open.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. DIVERTED. NOSE GEAR RETRACTED ON ROLLOUT. DOWN LOCK MECHANISM FROZEN OPEN.

Other reports on N724SA · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19891212059409IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Reading, PAPilot stated right brake did not catch on departure from gate. Hit horizontal stabilizer of parked aircraft.Dec 12, 1989 Incident 19851008055339IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Reading, PADuring landing rollout aircraft struck a deer.Oct 8, 1985 · Minor damage Incident 19790806030059ITo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · Reading, PATurbine blades failed, takeoff aborted.Aug 6, 1979 · Minor damage