- Registered owner
- Native Air Services Inc
- Location
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 226
- Year built
- 1998
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- August 20, 1998
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 1998
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- AD84D2
Pilatus PC-12/45TCDS A78EUAirframe · Pilatus PC-12/45TCDS E26NEEngine · Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 53
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1997 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 |
| 1999 | 6 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 |
See all 68 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 8
Advisory, not mandatory.
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N970NAMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Pilatus PC-12/45 aircraft
FAA incident reports · 2
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Incident 20150827015219ITaxi · Midland, TXOn August 27, 2015, at 0806 local time, a 1998 PC-12/45 aircraft bearing registration number N970NA, registered to native air, was taxiing to the hangar after landing in (kmaf) Midland, Texas following a part 135 repositioning flight from (E38) alpine, Texas.…Incident 20130606009059ILanding: Rollout · Albuquerque, NMOn June 6, 2013, at 22:00 MST, a Pilatus PC-12/45 registered to native American air service inc. and operated by air methods corp. blew out a left main tire on landing and departed the left side of runway 3 at Sunport International Airport, Albuquerque, new…
Service difficulty reports · 6
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR QMLA2025011020002Boot · failedHYDRAULIC LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING LANDING. PROP DE-ICE FAILED IN FLIGHT. - CHECKED FLUID LEVELS AND NITRO PSI. - CLEANED HYD. PSI TRANSMITTER / SWITCH CONNECTIONS. PROP DE-ICE INSPECTED WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED.SDR QMLA122820121Altimeter · unknownRIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT ALTIMETER FAILED. ATC CONFIRMD NO ALTITUDE READOUT.WE RETURNED TO RAP UNEVENTFULLY AND WROTE UP THE DISCREPANCY.SDR QMLA2023080720059Unknown · unknownAUTO PILOT FAILURE WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF PINE RIDE TRIED TO SET CLIMB AT 130 KTS IT WOULDN’T CAPTURE ALTITUDE ALERTER KEPT RINGING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT WHEN DECENDING INTO RAP SET 1200 FT/MIN AIRCRAFT DIDN’T CAPTURE RATE JUST WENT INTO A MUCH STEEPER RATE. SHUT SDR QMLA2014072514091Unknown · odorAFTER ENG STARTUP & DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY, PILOT & MEDICAL CREW SMELLED A BURNING WIRE SMELL. PILOT TURNED AROUND BEFORE TAKEOFF & RETURNED TO HANGAR WITH NO OTHER INCIDENCE. A 15 MINUTE GND RUN UP WAS PERFORMED WITH THE ACFT IN FULL TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION. SDR 2010F00241Pressure Switch · leakingABOUT 25 MILES OUT, ENROUTE, MEDICAL CREW INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD HEARD A LOUD SOUND FOLLOWED BY A "THUD" THAT THEY FELT UNDERNEATH THE LT SIDE OF THE ACFT. DID NOT HEAR OF FEEL OR HEAR WHAT THEY HAD JUST EXPERIENCED, ASKED THEM TO SHOW SPECIFICALLY WHERE THSDR RMXA029H226080609Skin · crackedWHILE INSTALLATION OF THE ELEVATOR FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE A SUSPECTED CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE SHEET METAL SKIN ON THE RH SIDE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE CRACK IS LOCATED AT THE RH FORWARD MOUNT HOLE FOR THE 32CT FAIRING. THE CRACK EMANATES FORWARD FROM THE
STCs that may be installed · 162
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Pilatus PC-12/45
STC SA02571SEInstallation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).STC SA01800SEFabrication and installation of new or replacement of existing instrument panel lights dimmer control.STC SA01861SEFabrication and installation of Landing Light Controller