This space for binding

Printed on : 1/4/2011 7:02:11 PM

National Transportation Safety Board NTSB ID: WPR10IA256 Most Critical Injury: None

PRELIMINARY REPORT Occurrence Date: 05/23/2010 Investigated By: NTSB

AVIATION Occurrence Type: Incident

Location/Time
Nearest City/Place State Zip Code Local Time Time Zone

Ontario CA 91761 1020 PDT

Aircraft Information
Registration Number Aircraft Manufacturer Model/Series Number

N925SW BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19

Type of Aircraft: Airplane Amateur Built Aircraft? No

Fatal Serious Minor None 27
Injury Summary:

Revenue Sightseeing Flight: No Air Medical Transport Flight: No

Narrative
Brief narrative statement of facts, conditions and circumstances pertinent to the accident/incident:

On May 23, 2010, about 1020 Pacific daylight time (PDT), Skywest Airlines flight 6467, a Bombardier
CRJ, CL-600-2B19, N925SW, made an emergency landing with the nose gear in the retracted position at
Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario, California. Skywest Airlines, Inc., was operating
the airplane as a scheduled domestic passenger flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 121. The certificated airline transport pilot captain, commercial pilot
first officer, flight attendant, and 24 passengers were not injured. The flight departed San
Francisco, California (SFO), about 0815 as a non-stop to Ontario. Visual meteorological (VMC)
conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed.

The crew reported that the flight was uneventful until on final for landing at ONT. The landing
gear selector was moved into the down position. The main landing gear extended and locked into
place; however, the nose gear remained retracted. The crew observed an unsafe nose gear indication.

The crew aborted the landing approach and advised air traffic control (ATC) of the emergency. The
crew attempted to correct the landing gear malfunction by following the emergency procedures
utilizing the Quick Reference Handbook (QRH), but was unsuccessful. The crew conducted a low level
flyby to have the tower and ground personnel evaluate the condition of the nose gear. The landing
gear doors were open, but the nose gear was observed to still be retracted in the landing gear
compartment.

The crew decided to make an emergency landing with the nose gear retracted on runway 26L. After the
main landing gear touched down, the captain held the nose off the ground as long as possible. It
touched down on the runway centerline, and the airplane slid about 2,000 feet.
The passengers and crew exited the airplane using the main cabin door.
The airplane Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), and the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) were removed and
shipped to the NTSB CVR/FDR lab in Washington, DC for download and read out.

After the airplane was jacked up using airbags and the nose gear extended, an examination of the
damage to the belly of the airplane was determined to be minor.

The airplane was towed to a fixed base operator-(FBO) to prepare the airplane for a ferry flight to
one of the operator/*o\220s maintenance facilities.

On May 26, 2010, the airplane was flown from ONT to Fresno, California (FAT), on a ferry permit.
Examination of the airplane’s landing gear system will be conducted by investigators on May 27,
2010.
Updated on Jun 1 2010 6:07PM

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - SUBJECT TO CHANGE Page 1

 This space for binding

National Transportation Safety Board NTSB ID: WPR10IA256

PRELIMINARY REPORT Occurrence Date: 05/23/2010

AVIATION Occurrence Type: Incident

Other Aircraft Involved

Registration Number Aircraft Manufacturer Model/Series Number

Accident Information
Aircraft Damage: Minor Accident Occurred During:

Crew Name Certificate No. Injury

Pilot On File On File None

2 On File None

5
6

Operator Information
Name Operator Designator Code Doing Business As
SKYWEST AIRLINES INC SWIA

Street Address City State Zip Code

St. George UT
-Type of Certificate(s) Held:
Flag Carrier/Domestic
Air Carrier Operating Certificate(s):

Operating Certificate: Operator Certificate:

Regulation Flight Conducted Under: Part 121: Air Carrier

Type of Flight Operations Conducted: Scheduled; Domestic; Passenger Only

Flight Plan/Itinerary
Type of Flight Plan Filed: IFR
Last Departure Point State Airport Identifier

San Francisco CA SFO

Destination State Airport Identifier

Same as Accident/Incident Location ONT

Weather Information

Investigator's Source: Company Facility ID: ONT Observation Time (Local): 0953

Sky/Lowest Cloud Condition: Scattered 3000 Ft. AGL

Lowest Ceiling: Broken 3900 Ft. AGL Visibility: 10 SM Altimeter: 29.83 "Hg

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - SUBJECT TO CHANGE Page 2

 This space for binding

NTSB ID: WPR10IA256

National Transportation Safety Board

PRELIMINARY REPORT Occurrence Date: 05/23/2010

AVIATION Occurrence Type: Incident

Weather Information (Continued from page 2)

Temperature: 14 ° C Dew Point: 4 °C Wind Direction: 250

Wind Speed: 9 Kts. Gusts: 15 Kts. Weather Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions

Administration Data
Notification From Date
FAA AWP Operations Center

FAA District Office/Coordinator Investigator-In-Charge (IIC)

Federal Aviation Administration
Patrick H. Jones
Dennis Parr

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - SUBJECT TO CHANGE Page 3