# Incident 20080919845199I: Pilats PC1245, Reading, PA, September 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2008, 06:00 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Regional/Carl A Spaatz Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3785° N, 75.9652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at READING RGNL/CARL A SPAATZ FLD (RDG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3785&lon=-75.9652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15EK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,725 total, 158 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080919845199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DULLES "IAD" AIRPORT, ENROUTE TO READING MUN AIRPORT "RDG".  DURING RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RUDDER PEDALS VIBRATED ALONG WITH A LOUD BANG.  THEN NOSE LANDING GEAR RED "IN-TRANSIT" LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HANDLED AND TAXIED NORMAL PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AT "IAD".  ON APPROACH TO "RDG" THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, THE MAIN GER LOCKED DOWN, BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE A "DOWN AND LOCKED" GREEN LIGHT.  A FLY-BY OVER THE FIELD SHOWED THE NOSE GEAR DOORS PARTIALLY OPEN WITH THE NOSE GEAR STUCK IN THE WHEEL WELL.  THE PILOT USED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION, WITH NO RESULTS.  PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP, AFTER HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE.  PROP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY DURING THE ROLL-OUT WITH MINIMUM DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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