Skyhigh E190 at Santo Domingo on Sep 30th 2025, landed without nose gear

Last Update: October 1, 2025 / 07:51:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 30, 2025

Classification
Accident

Airline
Skyhigh

Departure
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Destination
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Aircraft Registration
HI1074

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

A Skyhigh Embraer ERJ-190, registration HI1074 performing a test flight from Santo Domingo to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) with 7 crew on board, had climbed to FL280 and was on final approach to runway 17 for landing back when the crew could not lower the nose gear, declared emergency, performed a low approach over the parallel taxiway and entered holds to troubleshoot and attempt to release the nose gear without success. About 30 minutes after the first go around the crew performed another low approach over the parallel taxiway, then positioned for a full stop landing on runway 17. The aircraft rolled out on main gear and aircraft nose and came to a stop on the runway. There were no injuries.

Before the test flight the aircraft had last flown on Aug 20th 2025.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 30, 2025

Classification
Accident

Airline
Skyhigh

Departure
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Destination
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Aircraft Registration
HI1074

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

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