# Incident 20010417006089I: Pilats PC1245, Asheville, NC, April 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2001, 12:23 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N295PC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010417006089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING FLARE A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE A/C. PILOT STATED THAT HE OVER CORRECTED AND THE A/C "PORPOISED" AND BOUNCED. NOT REALIZING THERE HAD BEEN ANY DAMAGE THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND SHUT DOWN.UPON INSPECTION OF THE A/C HE NOTICED THE LAST COUPLE INCHES OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT. THERE WAS A SPECIAL WEATHER REPORT TAKEN AT 1240 LOCAL. THE WINDS IN THIS REPORT WERE FROM 360 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 26 KNOTS.

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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