# Accident 20011229035689A: Pilats PC12, Bend, OR, December 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2001, 01:55 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Sunriver Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8761° N, 121.4531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8761&lon=-121.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N852AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090551, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC12
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011229035689A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON DECEMBER 29, 2001, AT 0155 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A PILATUS PC-12, N852AL, REGISTERED TO ST. CHARLES MEDICAL CENTER, AND OPERATED BY AIR METHODS AS A 14 CFR PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT, RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT SUNRIVER, OREGON, AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT REDMOND, OREGON, LOCATED 26 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF SUNRIVER. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. THE PILOT REPORTED TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR FROM THE HILLSBORO, OREGON, FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18. DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY, THE FIRST ATTEMPT FOR LANDING WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. DURING THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT AFT. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS ICY, AND SOME OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE OBSCURED BY SNOW. AT 0156, ROBERTS FIELD, REDMOND, WAS REPORTING .2 MILES VISIBILITY WITH A 100 FOOT CEILING AND FOG. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN BOISE, IDAHO, FOR REPAIRS. ON JANUARY 16, 2002, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COMPLETED THE ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED TO THE NTSB THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED. (-23) JON A. KITCHENS LOST CONTROL OF N852AL, A PILATUS PC-12-45, DURING LANDING ON RWY 18 AT SUNRIVER AIRPORT, OR. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND CAME TO REST IN A SNOW BERM. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE CONDITIONS DURING LANDING. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT WERE VMC NIGHT, CALM WINDS, AND A PLOWED RUNWAY WITH ICY SPOTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA02LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA029), Dec 29, 2001: Pilatus PC-12 (N852AL), Sunriver, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. An icy runway and a snow bank were factors.

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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