# Accident 20030828022329A: Pilats PC6CH2, Vigo Park, TX, August 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2003, 16:51 local time
- Place: Vigo Park, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7664° N, 101.2964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7664&lon=-101.2964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N394R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N394R-2005-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2 (registry code 7090214, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-porter-pc-6-c-h2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC6CH2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,165 total, 700 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030828022329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8/28/2003 AT 4:51 P.M., WHILE ENROUTE TO PUEBLO, COLORADO, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE AT 12,500 FEET WHILE AT CRUISE. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO THE FLIGHT IDLE POSITION AND THE PROPELLER WENT TO THE BETA POSITION CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH NOSE DOWN. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE PROPELLER OUT OF BETA AND ELECTED TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT, PARACHUTING TO SAFETY IN A REMOTE CANYON AREA. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND THE PLANE STRUCK THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT AND WRECKAGE WERE NOT LOCATED UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.

## 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 FTW03LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA209), Aug 28, 2003: Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 (N394R), Vigo Park, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of propeller pitch control for undetermined reasons.

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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