# Incident 19981125044139I: Pilats PC12, Mesa, AZ, November 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1998, 00:15 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N186WF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981125044139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STATEMENT FROM PILOT - PER YOUR REQUEST, THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED NOVEMBER 25, 1998, INVOLVING N186WF AT FALCON FIELD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, I WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPER APPROACH SPEED EVEN THOUGH I HAD 40 DEGREE FLAPS AND THE CONTROL LEVER TOTALLY ADVANCED TO THE IDLE POSITION. THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT ABOUT 100 KNOTS AND PORPOISED SLIGHTLY. I DECIDED TO TAKE OFF AND GO AROUND. I ADVISED THE TOWER THAT I WAS GOING AROUND, AND THEY AUTHORIZED THIS GO AROUND. I LINED UP AND SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 95 KNOTS WHICH WAS STILL FASTER THAN NORMAL. WHEN I WAS ON THE GROUND AND I TRIED TO REVERSE THE PROP, I REALIZED THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT THE CONTROL LEVER IN IDLE POSITION. IT WAS BEING BLOCKED BY MY SEAT BELT THAT HAD FALLEN DOWN BECAUSE I HAD FAILED TO SECURE IT PROPERLY. I REMOVED THE SEAT BELT, AND THE CONTROL LEVER WENT INTO REVERSE AND SLOWED THE PLANE TO A NORMAL STOP. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE PROPS WERE DAMAGED AT THAT TIME. I DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE WHEN I WAS PREPARING THE PLANE FOR TIE DOWN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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