# Incident 20210709023049I: Fairchild SA227-AT, San Juan, PR, July 9, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2021, 20:26 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: San Juan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 18.4578° N, 66.1211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN JUAN (PR34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4578&lon=-66.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N243DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N243DH-2025-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AT (registry code 3377510, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-AT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 806 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210709023049I

## Narrative

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

AMF6911, AFTER LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK. THE RUNWAY WAS FOAMED AS A PRECAUTION. RUNWAY 10 IS CLOSED NO OTHER IMPACT TO OPERATIONS.

AIRCRAFT INSPECTED BY MX.  NO DEFINITE CAUSE FOR NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE NOTED.  AIRCRAFT JACKED.  NORMAL AND EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR  OPERATIONS SUCCESSFUL.

## Other reports on N243DH (3)

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

- [Incident 20000607035079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000607035079I), Jun 7, 2000: Swrngn SA227AT (N243DH), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. (-23)On landing roll-out the aircraft started to veer to the right. The pilot reported that he had no steering, and was unable to correct. The pilot managed to…
- [Incident 19891223063719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891223063719I), Dec 23, 1989: Swrngn SA227AT (N243DH), Pittsburgh, PA. Low oil pressure. Secured engine and landed. Found hard line on propeller governor broken.
- [Accident 19860701029939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860701029939A), Jul 1, 1986: Swrngn SA227AT (N243DH), Lincoln, NE, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway after descent below VASI. Main wheels struck hard runway surface lip. Pilot blames windshear.

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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