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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/45 · Nashville, TN · February 2, 2022

Date
February 2, 2022 · 07:00 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
Q5QA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N589QD
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/45
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,968 total

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 descent from 16000FT a loud bang was heard the nose gear unsafe light aluminate and rumbling sound was coming from the nose wheel well. The airspeed was reduced to below vlo to extend the landing gear the landing gear was selected down the two main gear indicated down and lock with to green lights the nose gear still showed an unsafe condition . To passes by the control tower confirmed that the nose gear was only partially extended. The pilot declared an emergence and landed on runway 13 on touch down the nose was let down gently sliding down the runway 4 hundred feet coming to a stop resting on the propeller .

As the FAA filed it

ON DESCENT FROM 16000FT A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD THE NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ALUMINATE AND RUMBLING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. THE AIRSPEED WAS REDUCED TO BELOW VLO TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN THE TWO MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCK WITH TO GREEN LIGHTS THE NOSE GEAR STILL SHOWED AN UNSAFE CONDITION . TO PASSES BY THE CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCE AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 ON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE WAS LET DOWN GENTLY SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY 4 HUNDRED FEET COMING TO A STOP RESTING ON THE PROPELLER .