20230215003719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/47E · Austin, TX · February 15, 2023

Date
February 15, 2023 · 15:30 local
Place
Austin, TX
Airport
Austin-Bergstrom International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N721AF
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/47E
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,525 total249 in this make and model87 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.

February 15, 2023 at 1530 CDT, aircraft bearing registration number privacy data omitted, while landing, made hard contact with runway, bounced up and contacted the runway a second time causing damage to the nose landing gear, propellers and LH leading edge wing. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The airmen were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

FEBRUARY 15, 2023 AT 1530 CDT, AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE LANDING, MADE HARD CONTACT WITH RUNWAY, BOUNCED UP AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLERS AND LH LEADING EDGE WING. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRMEN WERE NOT INJURED.