# Incident 20220204000279I: Boeing 737-8K2, Las Vegas, NV, February 4, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2022, 01:19 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Harry Reid International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SCNA
- Location: 36.0764° N, 115.1420° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0764&lon=-115.1420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817SY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N817SY-2022-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-8K2 (registry code 13844CX, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8k2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8K2
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 56
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG22FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220204000279I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FROM KLAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1241 PST, WITH 56 PERSONS ON BOARD, HEADED TO KMSP AND REPORTEDLY EXPERIENCED A GEAR RETRACTION PROBLEM SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KLAS AND REPORTED NORMAL GEAR INDICATION PRIOR TO LANDING.

UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RIGHT ENGINE POD.

THE CREW WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP THE PLANE ON THE RUNWAY AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WERE STANDING BY.

THE PASSENGERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE PLANE VIA AIRSTAIRS AND THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURIES.

DURING AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION, PIECES OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE PART OF THE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY IN THE AREA OF WHERE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN.  A PORTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS FOUND PROTRUDING THROUGH THE TOP OF THE RIGHT WING.

THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FIRE OR FUEL LEAKS AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, RIGHT ENGINE COWL AND DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ENG22FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22FA009), Feb 4, 2022: Boeing 737-8K2 (N817SY), Las Vegas, NV, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the right main landing gear initiated by liquid metal embrittlement by cadmium at arc burn locations in the outer cylinder tooling hole area. The arc burns were likely the…

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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