# Incident 19970530019259I: Stbros SD3*, Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Mercedita
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 18.0088° N, 66.5645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCEDITA (PSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0088&lon=-66.5645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381MQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N381MQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros SD3-60 (registry code 8100606, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-sd3-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SD3*
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65AR
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,925 total, 1,015 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970530019259I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOCK ABSORBER BROKE INTO TWO PARTSL. GLAND NUT FAILURE. SECOND TIME SAME THING.

## Other reports on N381MQ (3)

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

- [Incident 19910328022779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910328022779I), Mar 28, 1991: Stbros SD360 (N381MQ), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. Unable to extend right main gear. Landed with right gear up. Suspect main gear actuator problem.
- [Accident 19900511018329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900511018329A), May 11, 1990: Stbros SD360 (N381MQ), New York, NY, Substantial damage. Taxied onto runway behind departing 747. Was blown into a blast fence.
- [Incident 19870218029769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870218029769I), Feb 18, 1987: Stbros SD360 (N381MQ), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with the left main wheel locked. Tire was blown, scraped wheel rim. No mechanical malfunction.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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