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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Short Bros. SD3-30 · San Juan, PR · March 30, 2010

Date
March 30, 2010 · 06:40 local
Place
San Juan, PR
Airport
Luis Munoz Marin Iap
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
XXDA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N106SW
Reported as
Short Bros. SD3-30
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
142 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

A Short brothers SD3-30 N106SW was cleared by sju control to land long on runway 10. This aircraft landed with the landing gears in the full up position, the main landing gear tire extends slightly, which touched down on the runway, followed by the nose gear fuselage, (nose landing gear never extended) which struck to the runways and skidded approximately 2000 feet, and stopped. The aircraft initial inspection verified that the gear was up and locked, and the audible warning horn was operable. The emergency gear extension handle, located in the upper console was in the retracted position indicating that no emergency landing gear extension procedures were initiated.

As the FAA filed it

A SHORT BROTHERS SD3-30 N106SW WAS CLEARED BY SJU CONTROL TO LAND LONG ON RUNWAY 10. THIS AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEARS IN THE FULL UP POSITION, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE EXTENDS SLIGHTLY, WHICH TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR FUSELAGE, (NOSE LANDING GEAR NEVER EXTENDED) WHICH STRUCK TO THE RUNWAYS AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET, AND STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT INITIAL INSPECTION VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS UP AND LOCKED, AND THE AUDIBLE WARNING HORN WAS OPERABLE. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE, LOCATED IN THE UPPER CONSOLE WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION INDICATING THAT NO EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED.

Other reports on N106SW · 1

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