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FAA incident report · Pilatus P3 · Thomaston, GA · March 20, 2014

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Date
March 20, 2014 · 14:00 local
Place
Thomaston, GA
Airport
Thomaston-Upson County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N865LT
Reported as
Pilatus P3
Reported engine
Lycoming GO-435-C2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
43,000 total600 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N865LTRegistered now · Pilatus P3S/N A-865 · Built 1959Airframe modelPilatus P3Engine modelLycoming GO-435-C2AReciprocating

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.

Approximately 1400 on March 20, 2014, Mr. Loyd freeman owner of N865LT arrived at his hangar to pre-flight his aircraft for a pleasure flight. Mr. Freeman preflighted his aircraft in the hanger. Once aircraft was checked over he attempted to move aircraft outside, unable to move aircraft Mr. Freeman got back in his truck and drove to the FBO for some assistanced on moving aircraft out for flight. After aircraft was moved outside Mr. Freeman drove the gentlemen back to the FBO and returned. Mr. Freeman parked his truck climbed into the aircraft,taxi out, performed his run-up and departed Thomaston-Upson County Airport. Approximately 20 minutes later Mr. Freeman came back and upon landing the nose gear departed the aircraft and the strut collapsed the main gear remained down and locked. I began looking at the aircraft and nose whell on the runway, looking at the nose wheel I notice that one part of the nose wheel did not match the paint scheme. Mr. Freeman walked over to the nose wheel and had realize then that he had failed to remove the tow bar from the aircraft. Mr. Freeman comment was that he failed to do one more check around the aircraft after returning from the FBO.

As the FAA filed it

APPROXIMATELY 1400 ON MARCH 20, 2014, MR. LOYD FREEMAN OWNER OF N865LT ARRIVED AT HIS HANGAR TO PRE-FLIGHT HIS AIRCRAFT FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. MR. FREEMAN PREFLIGHTED HIS AIRCRAFT IN THE HANGER. ONCE AIRCRAFT WAS CHECKED OVER HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE AIRCRAFT OUTSIDE, UNABLE TO MOVE AIRCRAFT MR. FREEMAN GOT BACK IN HIS TRUCK AND DROVE TO THE FBO FOR SOME ASSISTANCED ON MOVING AIRCRAFT OUT FOR FLIGHT. AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OUTSIDE MR. FREEMAN DROVE THE GENTLEMEN BACK TO THE FBO AND RETURNED. MR. FREEMAN PARKED HIS TRUCK CLIMBED INTO THE AIRCRAFT,TAXI OUT, PERFORMED HIS RUN-UP AND DEPARTED THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES LATER MR. FREEMAN CAME BACK AND UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE STRUT COLLAPSED THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. I BEGAN LOOKING AT THE AIRCRAFT AND NOSE WHELL ON THE RUNWAY, LOOKING AT THE NOSE WHEEL I NOTICE THAT ONE PART OF THE NOSE WHEEL DID NOT MATCH THE PAINT SCHEME. MR. FREEMAN WALKED OVER TO THE NOSE WHEEL AND HAD REALIZE THEN THAT HE HAD FAILED TO REMOVE THE TOW BAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT. MR. FREEMAN COMMENT WAS THAT HE FAILED TO DO ONE MORE CHECK AROUND THE AIRCRAFT AFTER RETURNING FROM THE FBO.