# Accident 20060624012169A: Pilats PC1247, Big Timber, MT, June 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2006, 14:20 local time
- Place: Big Timber, MT
- Airport: Big Timber Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Takeoff Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8075° N, 109.9317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8075&lon=-109.9317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N768H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N768H-2009-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/47 (registry code 7090552, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B (registry code 52158, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1247
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060624012169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2006, AT 1420 MDT, A PILATUS PC-12/47, N768H, REGISTERED TO JMH CAPITAL LLC, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES EAST OF THE BIG TIMBER, MONTANA AIRPORT WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE PILATUS CREW ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD BE ATTEMPTING A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE MANEUVER AFTER TAKEOFF. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED DURING THE CRASH SEQUENCE AND CONSUMED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT/OWNER AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BIG TIMBER, MONTANA SHORTLY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 SEA06FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA126), Jun 24, 2006: Pilatus PC-12/47 (N768H), Big Timber, MT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering, which led to an inadvertent stall.

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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