# Incident 20100330030289I: Short Bros. SD3-30, San Juan, PR, March 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2010, 06:40 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin Iap
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XXDA
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106SW-2017-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30 (registry code 8100602, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sd3-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45 (registry code 52105, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHORT BROS. SD3-30
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-45
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 142 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100330030289I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20060907019299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060907019299I), Sep 7, 2006: Stbros SD330 (N106SW), Charlotte Amali, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. (-23) Proper procedures were followed to lower the landing gear. Normal gear indications present. Nose landing gear collapsed on landing.

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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