# Incident 20250424012029I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Pierre, SD, April 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pierre, SD
- Airport: Pierre Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 44.3827° N, 100.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERRE RGNL (PIR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3827&lon=-100.2860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N971DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N971DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1P (registry code 54571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE 3007A1P
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 800 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250424012029I

## Narrative

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

THE RNAV APPROACH TO RUNWAY 7 WAS PERFORMED. RUNWAY 7 WAS THE ONLY RUNWAY AVAILABLE AS RUNWAY 13/31 WAS CLOSED AND RUNWAY 25 WAS NOT USABLE DUE TO TAILWIND LIMITATIONS. THERE IS NO OPERATIONAL PARALLEL TAXIWAY ASSOCIATED WITH RUNWAY 7. THE PIC WAS AWARE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO EXIT RUNWAY 7 AFTER LANDING WOULD BE TO PERFORM THE 180 DEGREE TURN ON THE RUNWAY AND TAXI BACK TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY TO ACCESS A USABLE TAXIWAY. THIS WAS BRIEFED WITH THE SIC PRIOR TO LANDING. THIS WAS ALSO THE PIC'S FIRST TIME LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 AT KPIR AND WOULD ALSO BE HIS FIRST ATTEMPTED 180 DEGREE TURN ON ANY RUNWAY IN THE EMB-145. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF LANDING WERE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND OVERCAST CLOUD CEILING, BUT THE VISIBILITY WAS 10 STATUTE MILES AND THE APPROACH WAS COMPLETED IN VISUAL CONDITIONS. RUNWAY 7 IS "GROOVED" TO PREVENT STANDING WATER ON THE RUNWAY BY CHANNELING IT TO THE RUNWAY EDGE.

THE APPROACH WAS STABLE. TOUCHDOWN WAS IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED USING THE WHEEL BRAKES AND THRUST REVERSERS. ENGINE THRUST WAS INCREASED TO MAKE THE THRUST REVERSE MORE EFFECTIVE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 30 KNOTS, THE PIC BEGAN STEERING TOWARD THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY TO CREATE MORE ROOM IN ANTICIPATION OF MAKING THE LEFT 180 DEGREE REVERSAL TURN. HE DID NOT ASK FOR AND DID NOT RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE SIC AS TO HOW CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO THE RIGHT EDGE BEFORE INITIATING THE LEFT TURN OR DURING THE LEFT TURN. THE SIC WAS "HEADS DOWN" COMPLETING ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS DURING THE TURN.

AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF LESS THAN 10 KNOTS, THE PIC COMMANDED FULL STEERING TILLER MOVEMENT TO THE LEFT AND ALSO APPLIED LEFT BRAKE TO ASSIST IN THE TURN. LEFT RUDDER, AND THEREFORE AN ADDITIONAL 5 DEGREES OF NOSEWHEEL DEFLECTION, WAS NOT USED. THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS NOT DISTRACTED AND MAINTAINED VISUAL SIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE TURN. THE NOSE GEAR EXITED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THIS OCCURRED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 160 DEGREES OF TURN. CONTINUED TILLER INPUT AND LEFT BRAKE WERE APPLIED. THE LEFT STEERING INPUTS BEGAN TO BRING THE NOSE BACK TO THE RUNWAY EDGE AS THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXITED THE RUNWAY. THE GROUND WAS TOO SOFT AND THE NOSE/RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TOO DEEP IN THE GROUND TO GET BACK ONTO THE PAVED SURFACE. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT GET BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY, THE PIC SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN, CONTACTED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATIONS PERSONNEL FOR ASSISTANCE AND ORDERED A PASSENGER EVACUATION UTILIZING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR/AIR STAIRS TO BUS THE PASSENGERS TO THE TERMINAL.

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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