Shuttle America - Incidents

Incidents

Shuttle America has not lost a plane or had a fatality, it has however had incidents in its history.

• On June 8, 2005, Shuttle America, operating as United Express flight 7534, inbound from White Plains, NY, skidded off Runway 19L at Washington Dulles International Airport after being unable to lock the right main landing gear for landing, and the gear failed on the Embraer 170 aircraft. None of the crew or passengers were reported injured.
• On February 18, 2007, Shuttle America, operating as Delta Connection flight 6448, skidded off the shorter 6,017 foot crosswind runway and crashed through a fence while landing on runway 28 at 3:14pm at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport at the end of the Delta Connection flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. None of the 70 passengers and four crew on board the Embraer 170 were reported injured.
• On February 27, 2012, a Shuttle America Embraer E-170 aircraft operating as United Express flight 5124 from Atlanta made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport after the pilots received an unsafe nose gear indication on approach; a fly-by of the tower confirmed the nose gear was retracted. The aircraft subsequently came to rest on runway 22L supported only by its main landing gear. The 66 passengers and 4 crew, none of them injured, were evacuated using slides and bused to the terminal.