# Incident 20120326004499I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/45, Laurel, MS, March 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2012, 16:00 local time
- Place: Laurel, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6899° N, 89.1483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurel, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6899&lon=-89.1483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641TK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/45
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,931 total, 423 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120326004499I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 26, 2012, THE PILOT OF A PILATUS PC-12, AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO LAUREL HESLER-NOBLE AIRPORT (KLUL).  UPON ARRIVAL THE PILOT PLANNED A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31, WEATHER WAS VFR.  UPON EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR, THE PILOT NOTICE THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED UP AND LOCKED.  THE PILOT CONTACTED A MECHANIC AT THE LAUREL-NOBLE AIRPORT.  HE INFORMED THE MECHANIC OF THE SITUATION AND THAT HE WOULD CIRCLE OVERHEAD TO TRY AND DO AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND WOULD NEED ASSISTANCE.  THE PILOT REFERED TO THE PILATUS QRH AND WAS USABLE TO GET A DOWN INDICATION.  HE INFORMED THE MECHANIC AND PERFORMED A LOW PASS OVER THE RUNWAY TO HAVE THE NOSE OBSERVED.  AFTER COMPLETING ALL QRH PROCEDURES AND VARIOUS FLIGHT MANEUVERS TO GET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN, ALL ATTEMPTS WAS UNSUCESSFUL.  AT APPROXIMATLELY 1915 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT COMPLETED THE EMERGENCEY PROCEDURES FOR LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR UP.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUFFERING MINOR DAMAGE.

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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