# Incident 20250122000559I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, Grand Rapids, MI, January 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2025, 08:37 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N886WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N886WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/47E (registry code 7090553, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E-67XP (registry code 52311, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6e-67xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,415 total, 1,795 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250122000559I

## Narrative

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

ON OR ABOUT 01/22/2025 INSPECTORS WERE CALLED TO GRAND RAPIDS AIRPORT TO INVESTIGATE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING OF A PC-12 AIRCRAFT. INSPECTORS WERE ABLE TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THE EVENT TO BE AN INCIDENT VERSES AN ACCIDENT.

INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED THE PILOT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. DURING THE PILOTS EXPLANATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED FROM THE NORMAL PRE-FLIGHT AND HAD LEFT THE TOW BAR ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE ERROR WAS DISCOVERED UPON GEAR RETRACTION. ON LANDING AT GRAND RAPIDS AIRPORT THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND VERY GENTLY ALLOWED THE NOSE TO SETTLE TO THE RUNWAY. NO APPARENT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE ENGINE OR AIRFRAME

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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