Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Ontario International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Ontario, California 91761
Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:20 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
After the pilots extended the airplane’s landing gear in preparation for landing, they observed an unsafe nose landing gear indication and performed a go-around to try to correct the situation. The pilots followed the emergency procedures in the operator’s Quick Reference Handbook but were unable to lower the nose landing gear. The pilots then performed a low-level flyby so air traffic control tower (ATCT) and ground personnel could evaluate the condition of the nose landing gear. When ATCT and ground personnel confirmed that the landing gear doors were open and the nose landing gear remained retracted, the pilots decided to make an emergency landing with the nose landing gear retracted. After the main landing gear touched down, the captain held the nose off the ground as long as possible, in accordance with company procedures. The airplane slid about 2,000 feet after the nose settled to the runway before coming to a stop. During the recovery process, the nose landing gear was extended. Postaccident examination revealed no abnormalities that would have precluded normal operation of the nose landing gear system.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Failure of the airplane’s nose landing gear to extend for undetermined reasons.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 5/23/2010 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1020 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Ontario |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 91761 |
| Event Date Year | 2010 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 340321N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1173604W |
| Event Location Airport | Ontario International Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ONT |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 944 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 953 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ONT |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 944 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3900 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 3000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 14 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 4 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 250 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 9 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 15 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.83 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | SPECI KONT 231717Z 23013KT 10SM FEW030 BKN039 13/0 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 27 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 30003 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA AWP Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 15 2012 4:59PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N925SW |
| NTSB Number | WPR10IA256 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOMBARDIER INC |
| Aircraft Model | CL-600-2B19 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 7682 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 53000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | 1 |
| Passenger Seats | 50 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 53 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 20 2010 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 20292 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | Unknown |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WELLS FARGO BANK NORTHWEST NA TRUSTEE |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 299 S MAIN ST FL 12 |
| Aircraft Owner City | SALT LAKE CITY |
| Aircraft Owner State | UT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 84111-2263 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | St. George |
| Operator State | UT |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 84790 |
| Operator Code | SWIA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | SWIA011A |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SFO |
| Departure City | San Francisco |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 815 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ONT |
| Destination City | Ontario |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 15 2012 4:59PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 26L |
| Runway Length | 10200 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |