# Incident 20220202000079I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/45, Nashville, TN, February 2, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2022, 07:00 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Q5QA
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N589QD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N589QD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090051, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/45
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,968 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220202000079I

## Narrative

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

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 .

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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