# Incident 20230816010019I: Short Bros SD3-60, Honolulu, HI, August 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2023, 16:09 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Daniel K Inouye International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TXHA
- Location: 21.3178° N, 157.9203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANIEL K INOUYE INTL (HNL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3178&lon=-157.9203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N221LM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros SD3-60 (registry code 8100606, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-sd3-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHORT BROS SD3-60
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230816010019I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED DUAL HYDRAULIC FAILURE. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND APPROACHED HNL.  LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN DOWN POSITION BUT GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN.  EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLED WAS PULLED BUT ONLY NOSE AND MAIN INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED (GREEN). CREW CONDUCTED FLY BY OF TOWER AND TOWER INDICATED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN.  CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT AND UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED.  THE DESIGN OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTED IN THE LET MAIN SUPPORTING THE AIRCRAFT IN THE RETRACTED POSITION BECAUSE THE WHEEL PROTRUDES FROM THE WHEEL POD IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED SO THE GEAR COULD BE EXTENDED AND LOCKED TO TOW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE OPERATOR'S MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

## Other reports on N221LM (4)

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

- [Accident 20250611008759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250611008759A), Jun 11, 2025: Short Bros SD3-60 (N221LM), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. Aircraft was returning to hnl airport, crew switched seats so SIC sat left hand to have practice with operating the ground stearing tiller and PIC sat right…
- [Incident 20210930016079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210930016079I), Sep 30, 2021: Short Bros SD3-60 (N221LM), Hilo, HI, Minor damage. At approximately 0810 Hawaii local time N221LM, a SD3-60 aircraft, [privacy data omitted] a 14 CFR part 135 on demand operator impacted a ground vechicle…
- [Accident 20150629011759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150629011759A), Jun 29, 2015: Short Bros SD3-60 (N221LM), Kapolei, HI, Substantial damage. On June 29, 2015, a company check airman was conducting a 14 CFR part 135.293 and .299 check for an initial new hire (first officer). After completing a VOR…
- [Incident 20111210027749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111210027749I), Dec 10, 2011: Short Bros SD3-60 (N221LM), Honolulu, HI, No damage. Incident occurred on 12/10/2011 at approximately 0925, a SD3-60 N221LM s/n SH3722 operated by trans executive airlines of Hawaii departed kona airport (koa)…

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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