# Incident 20181106021569I: Short Bros SD3-60, Louisville, KY, November 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2018, 01:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International-Standiford Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DATA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N367AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N367AC) (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: SHORT BROS SD3-60
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,305 total, 75 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181106021569I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/06/2018 AT 01:38 ON A FLIGHT FROM DANVILLE IL (DNV) TO LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL-STANDIFORD FIELD, AIRCRAFT N367AC A SHORTS MODEL SD3-60, OPERATED BY AIR CARGO CARRIERS A 14 CFR PART 135 OPERATOR ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN LANDED ON RUNWAY 17L WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MAIN GEAR COWLING CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY ON CENTERLINE. THE FIRST OFFICER INITIALLY REPORTED A FLAT NOSE TIRE. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOTS NOTED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE FIRST OFFICER THEN REPORTED A GEAR UP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AREA AIRCRAFT SKIN AND MAIN WHEEL FAIRINGS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED ON THE RUNWAY, THE GEAR WAS LOWERED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY. THIS WAS A CARGO FLIGHT WITH ONLY THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER ON BOARD REPORTING NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS IFR ENROUTE CEILINGS WERE 1400 FEET WITH LIGHT RAIN AT THE TIME.

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