# Incident 20140320004279I: Pilatus P3, Thomaston, GA, March 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Thomaston, GA
- Airport: Thomaston-Upson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9550° N, 84.2641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY (OPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9550&lon=-84.2641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865LT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N865LT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus P3 (registry code 7090108, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-p3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435-C2A (registry code 42075, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435-c2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS P3
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-435-C2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 43,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140320004279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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