# Incident 20050820019789I: Pilats PC1245, Great Falls, MT, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005, 16:07 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4TS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67B
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 154 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820019789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2005, A PILATUS, PC-12/45, N4TS, WAS INBOUND VFR TO GREAT FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GTF), GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, WITH A PILOT, 6 PASSENGERS, AND 2 DOGS ON BOARD, WHEN UPON LANDING HARD AT GTF ON RUNWAY 21, THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE GEAR STILL EXTENDED. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AND ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL FORK. IT APPEARS THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR UPON LANDING CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL FORK ASSEMBLY TO FAIL. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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