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| Date: | Wednesday 11 June 2025 |
| Time: | 08:52 |
| Type: |  Shorts 360-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Transair |
| Registration: | N221LM |
| MSN: | SH3722 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 36782 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Honolulu-Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kona-Keahole Airport, HI (KOA/PHKO) |
| Honolulu-Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Transair flight 6, a cargo modified Shorts 360, made a gear-up landing on runway 04R at Honolulu-Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, HI (HNL).
The first officer, seated in the left seat for the purpose of nose wheel steering familiarization, and the captain, seated in the right seat, reported that the purpose of the flight was to reposition the airplane from Kona, Hawaii to Honolulu, Hawaii. The first officer reported that, while on approach to Honolulu, he called for flaps and gear down. Simultaneously, Honolulu tower requested them to, “slow down to slowest practical speed”. The pilots became distracted while initiating the reduction in airspeed and forgot to monitor the status of the landing gear. The captain reported that he did not verify that the gear was down. The airplane was equipped with tricycle landing gear featuring a fully retractable nose gear and partially retractable main gear. The pilots reported hearing the gear warning horn during the flare, at which time they glanced in and confirmed that the landing gear was retracted. The airplane landed gear up and the forward bottom section of the fuselage contacted the runway surface, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage.
Probable Cause and Findings
The pilots’ failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.
Contributing to the accident was the pilots’ failure to complete the Before Landing checklist.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=221LM
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N221LM
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a1e5be&lat=20.971&lon=-157.607&zoom=8.0&showTrace=2025-06-11&leg=2
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n221lm#3ac0cfe3
https://cdn.plnspttrs.net/02722/n221lm-transair-short-360-300f_PlanespottersNet_1476068_38b430dfbf_o.jpg (photo)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_360
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Executive_Airlines
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2025 06:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Jun-2025 07:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jun-2025 07:13 | ASN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 12-Jun-2025 07:36 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jun-2025 17:27 | ASN | Updated [Date, ] |
| 15-Jun-2025 08:58 | johnwg | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 15-Jun-2025 09:00 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2025 05:40 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 19-Jun-2025 18:57 | ASN | Updated |
| 01-Oct-2025 08:25 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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