20240204001139I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/45 · Orlando, FL · February 4, 2024

Date
February 4, 2024 · 13:00 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N347KC
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/45
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,710 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.

Aircraft was on short final into orl executive airport Orlando runway 25 approximately 1.5 miles away at 600 feet altitude the aircraft experience turbulence, which cause the aircraft battery to become unsured in the aft compartment and fall through aft compart access door. Resulting in hitting a parked car. Aircraft landed safety post flight inspection discovered aft compart door in the open unsured position with battery cables without the battery connection fastener present.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL INTO ORL EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ORLANDO RUNWAY 25 APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES AWAY AT 600 FEET ALTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE TURBULENCE, WHICH CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY TO BECOME UNSURED IN THE AFT COMPARTMENT AND FALL THROUGH AFT COMPART ACCESS DOOR. RESULTING IN HITTING A PARKED CAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFETY POST FLIGHT INSPECTION DISCOVERED AFT COMPART DOOR IN THE OPEN UNSURED POSITION WITH BATTERY CABLES WITHOUT THE BATTERY CONNECTION FASTENER PRESENT.