- Date
- June 25, 2021, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N970AAShort Bros SD-360-300
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- FAA report
- 20210625007149A
- Case key
- 103357
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear during landing and the check pilot’s inadequate supervision.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The check pilot reported that, the pilot being evaluated was performing a simulated critical engine failure approach to a local airport. During the visual approach, everything seemed normal until touchdown when both pilots realized that the landing gear had not been extended. The airplane slid to a stop on the runway substantially damaging the lower fuselage. The check pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N970AA
- Reported as
- Short Bros SD-360-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3737
- Built
- 1988
- Airframe hours
- 24,393.6
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67R, turbo propPratt & Whitney PT6A-67R, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- ACC Integrated Services Inc
- Registered owner
- ACC Integrated Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 13, 2021
- Departed
- KVGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- LAS · Harry Reid Intl, runway 08R/26L, 10,526 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 23, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 875 in this make and model
- Role
- Check pilot
- Age
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- April 5, 2021
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 3,294 total · 1,780 in this make and model · 53 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- KLAS, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KLAS 252056Z 25004KT 10SM FEW120 37/M01 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP083 T03671006 58017
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 22, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.