# Accident 20050326005469A: Pilats PC1245, State College, PA, March 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2005, 13:26 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8789° N, 77.7772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8789&lon=-77.7772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N770G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N770G-2006-05-31) (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-67 (registry code 52159, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 1,845 total, 173 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050326005469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE EXECUTING THE ILS RUNWAY 24 AT THE STATE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PARK (UNV) PA CAUSING SIX FATALITIES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AND REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## 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 IAD05FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA047), Mar 26, 2005: Pilatus PC-12/45 (N770G), Bellefonte, PA, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during an instrument final approach to land, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin. Factors associated with the accident are…

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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