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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/45 · Salina, KS · February 14, 2014

Date
February 14, 2014 · 10:30 local
Place
Salina, KS
Airport
Salina Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AJAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N58VS
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/45
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
10,150 total250 in this make and model275 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On February 14, 2014 at approximately 10:30 a.m. CST, the airline transport pilot, holder of airplane single and multi-engine land ratings, made an approach and landing on runway 35 at Salina Municipal Airport (sln). All evidence indicates, the landing gear was in the retracted position and still in the wheel wells upon landing. The aircraft skidded and came to rest facing north on runway 35.

The flight departed Kansas city international airport (mci) under instrument flight rules (IFR) to Salina Municipal Airport (sln), and was conducted under 14CFR part 135 as a scheduled commuter flight with no passengers and no revenue on board. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in Salina at the time of the incident with conditions at ksln reported as: winds from 340 degrees at 9 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies.

The pilot and first officer were the sole occupants on board the aircraft and there were no injuries.

Post-incident investigation revealed there was minor damage to the aircraft, primarily on the trailing edge of the flaps and to the engine and propeller.

The crew stated there was traffic in the pattern they were involved with searching for and that they remembered following the checklist. They stated they did not hear a gear warning horn until after they were on the ground and the first officer could not remember either of them actually verifying the gear was down but inspection at the scene found that the gear handle was in the down position.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 14, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M. CST, THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, HOLDER OF AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTI-ENGINE LAND RATINGS, MADE AN APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SLN). ALL EVIDENCE INDICATES, THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AND STILL IN THE WHEEL WELLS UPON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED AND CAME TO REST FACING NORTH ON RUNWAY 35.

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCI) UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) TO SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SLN), AND WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14CFR PART 135 AS A SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT WITH NO PASSENGERS AND NO REVENUE ON BOARD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN SALINA AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH CONDITIONS AT KSLN REPORTED AS: WINDS FROM 340 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR SKIES.

THE PILOT AND FIRST OFFICER WERE THE SOLE OCCUPANTS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, PRIMARILY ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS AND TO THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER.

THE CREW STATED THERE WAS TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH SEARCHING FOR AND THAT THEY REMEMBERED FOLLOWING THE CHECKLIST. THEY STATED THEY DID NOT HEAR A GEAR WARNING HORN UNTIL AFTER THEY WERE ON THE GROUND AND THE FIRST OFFICER COULD NOT REMEMBER EITHER OF THEM ACTUALLY VERIFYING THE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT INSPECTION AT THE SCENE FOUND THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION.