# Incident 20071031023329I: Pilats PC1245, Crossville, TN, October 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Crossville, TN
- Airport: Crossville Memorial-Whitson Fi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9513° N, 85.0850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSSVILLE MEML-WHITSON FLD (CSV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9513&lon=-85.0850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N665MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N665MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090051, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,600 total, 70 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071031023329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) HUMAN FACTORS: FIRST FLIGHT WITHOUT A SECOND CREWMEMBER. ALWAYS FLOWN IN AN AIR CARRIER ENVIRONMENT. DISTRACTED, HEAVY AIRPORT USE AT THE TIME, SEVERAL AIRCRAFT IN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT SITUATION. RUSHED PROCEDURES/CHECKLIST. LOW FLIGHT IN THIS MAKE/MODEL. PILOT WAS IN LANDING PHASE AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN, PILOT STATED HE RUSHED HIS CHECKLIST AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. PROPELLER CONTACTED LANDING SURFACE AND PILOT DID IMMEDIATE GO AROUND. LANDED SAFELY ON NEXT ATTEMPT. PROPELLER WAS CURLED 3 INCHES ON EACH BLADE.

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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