# Incident 20070317003219I: Pilats PC1245, Salt Lake City, UT, March 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2007, 05:00 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N399AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N399AM) (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-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,904 total, 2,340 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070317003219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2007 AT 0507 MDT, AN AIR METHODS CORP (QMLA) PILATUS PC-12-45, N399AM, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , WITH 3 MEDICAL PERSONNEL ABOARD, DEPARTED SALT LAKE INTL (SLC) ON RWY 35. DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK 3 TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHTS WITH THE LEFT WING AND MAIN GEAR DOOR. THE PILOT REALIZED (HEARD) THE CONTACT AND REQUESTED IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, AND THE DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED TO THE LEFT INBOARD FLAP AND INNER SIDE OF THE LEFT GEAR DOOR. DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED AS MINOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MISTOOK THE TAXI LIGHTS FOR THE CENTER LINE RUNWAY LIGHTING, WHICH WERE NOT ON. IN ADDITION IT WAS REPORTED THAT GUTMANN WAS PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD TAKE-OFF, FLAPS 30, WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 135, (SLC) TO (ELY) TO PICK UP A PATIENT.

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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