Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Juneau, Alaska
Aircraft while boarding, tail stand lost contact with the ground resulting in a tailstrike.
Kalinin Partners LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
https://registry.faa.gov/N721KP
Date: 28-MAY-20
Time: 03:20:00Z
Regis#: N721KP
Aircraft Make: PILATUS
Aircraft Model: PC12
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: ON DEMAND
Flight Phase: STANDING (STD)
Operation: 135
City: SITKA
State: ALASKA
Must have been a surprise to whoever was boarding to have the floor pitch down as the cg swung the nose up. Perhaps they should load front rows first.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it "lost contact" with the tail, not with the ground.
ReplyDeleteCorrect - The stand is just a pole that attaches under the tail and hangs down (red in the photo below). Must not have stayed attached to the tail when the Pilatus see-sawed.
Deletehttps://twitter.com/AlaskaSeaplanes/status/1123717846520012801
And similar on two 208's of theirs:
https://twitter.com/AlaskaSeaplanes/status/1151765982945239043/photo/1
If it was that aft-CG heavy before PAX were loaded, and there are only four seats forward of the wing to equalize heavy weight in the tail (cockpit seats and first two cabin seats), and it took just one person to head to the back to see-saw it, then maybe they shouldn't have taken off to begin with.
ReplyDeleteprobably boarded in a tight line back to back. And maybe heavy passengers .Sorry to them dont want to sound rude.
DeleteOr they had something interesting in the back as part of loaded freight and the PAX crowded to see it. A "Look at the puppy" group move could momentarily shift the cg enough.
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