# Incident 20031122035999I: Pilats PC6B2H2, St George, SC, November 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: St George, SC
- Airport: St George Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1955° N, 80.5085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST GEORGE (6J2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1955&lon=-80.5085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N354F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N354F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/B2-H2 (registry code 3375012, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-heli-porter-pilatus-pc6-b2-h2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC6B2H2
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031122035999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT. PILOT CORRECTED BY APPLYING RIGHT BRAKE AND RIGHT RUDDER. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RUNWAY CENTER THEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT LUNGED FORWARD, STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AIRCRAFT NOSE THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL AND THE TAIL WHEEL RETURNED TO NORMAL POSITION, STRIKING THE RUNWAY WITH ADDITIONAL FORCE.

## Other reports on N354F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970826023959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970826023959A), Aug 26, 1997: Exper PILATUS (N354F), Gillette, WY, Destroyed. Aircraft landed hard, left main gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19920628043399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920628043399I), Jun 28, 1992: Pilats PC6B2H2 (N354F), Quincy, WA, 1 fatal. Main parachute failed to open completely. Appeared to cut away too low to sucessfully activate reserve chute.

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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