# Incident 20260320010799I: Embraer EMB-145XR, Les Cayes, March 20, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2026, 14:40 local time
- Place: Les Cayes
- Airport: Les Cayes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OZCA
- Aircraft: N271BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N271BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145XR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYCE AE3007
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,845 total, 1,249 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA26WA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260320010799I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 20, 2026 AN ON DEMAND CHARTER FLIGHT FROM MIAMI TO LES CAYES WITH 5 PASSENGERS AND 3 CREW MEMBERS. PIC, FO, AND FA.

UPON ARRIVAL IN THE LES CAYS AREA, IT WAS VFR WITH RAIN. THE CREW IDENTIFIED AND CONFIRMED THEY HAD CYA AIRPORT IN SIGHT 15 NM OUT AND INFORMED POSITION TO CONTROLLERS. PIC STATED THAT HE NOTICED TRAFFIC ON THE TCAS AT ABOUT 4-5 O'CLOCK WHICH WAS AT THE SAME ALTITUDE. CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND FUEL HE RETRACTED HIS 9 DEGREES SELECTED FLAP POSITION TO 0. HE WAS TOLD TO HOLD 15 NM FROM AIRPORT, HE REQUESTED 1O MINUTES AND MAINTAINED A CLEAN CONFIGURATION. HE REPORTED TIGHT ON FUEL, SO TOWER CLEARED HIM TO LAND. PIC STATED THAT SIC WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNSTABLE AND TOLD THE TOWER THEY WERE GOING AROUND AND THE PIC FOLLOWED THAT COMMAND FROM FO. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND PATTERN TO SET UP FOR RUNWAY 8 AGAIN. THE SIC STATED THAT SHE DID NOT LIKE THIS DUE TO UNSTABLE APPROACH. THE PIC STATED IT WAS OK IT WAS OK TO LAND. PIC STATED THEY LANDED SOLIDLY. WET RUNWAY. THE PIC STATED MAX BREAKING AND REVERSE WAS APPLIED BUT COULD NOT STOP AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH NOSE OF AIRCRAFT PARTIALLY IN ROADWAY BEYOND THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE. NOSE WHEEL HIT A SHALLOW DITCH AND FOLDED BACKWARDS AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED.

## 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 GAA26WA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA141), Mar 20, 2026: Embraer EMB-145XR (N271BC), Les Cayes, Haiti, no damage

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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