# Incident 20260814012059I: Short Bros SD-360-300, San Juan, PR, August 14, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2026, 20:11 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UOIA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N918GD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N918GD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros SD-360-300 (registry code 8100610, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-sd-360-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHORT BROS SD-360-300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260814012059I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 20:05 (L) LOCAL TIME (SJU), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO LUIS MUÑOZ MARÍN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. UPON SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OBSERVED A RED INDICATION LIGHT FOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

THE CREW NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER OF THE ABNORMAL GEAR INDICATION AND REQUESTED A LOW PASS FOR VISUAL VERIFICATION OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION. CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN, AND THE CREW SUBSEQUENTLY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 10 AT 20:21L. WHILE EXITING RUNWAY 10 AT TAXIWAY S5, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. RUNWAY 10 WAS CLOSED UNTIL 22:32L, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO APRON 5.

POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO LOCK DUE TO AN ACTUATOR FAILURE, WHICH PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT FORCE TO EXTEND THE GEAR INTO THE LOCKED POSITION. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ACTUATOR AND PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK, CONFIRMING PROPER GEAR OPERATION AND INDICATION. ADDITIONAL MINOR SKIN DAMAGE WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH (IAW) THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL (SRM).

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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