# Accident 20090322004129A: Pilats PC1245, Butte, MT, March 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Bert Mooney
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9500° N, 112.4833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9500&lon=-112.4833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N128CM-2012-08-08) (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-67B (registry code 52158, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67B
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 14
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,809 total, 2,797 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09MA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09MA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090322004129A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MARCH 22,2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT) A PILATUS PC-12/45, N128CM, REGISTERED TO EAGLE CAP LEASING, INC., ENTERPRISE, OREGON, WAS DESTROYED AFTER CRASHING INTO A CATHOLIC CEMETARY ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF THE BERT MOONEY AIRPORT, BUTTE, MONTANA, RUNWAY 33 CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT AND 13 PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT THE NUT TREE AIRPORT (OVE), OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AND WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO TERMINATE AT THE BOZEMAN, MONTANA AIRPORT (BZM) THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT.

## 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 WPR09MA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09MA159), Mar 22, 2009: Pilatus PC-12/45 (N128CM), Butte, MT, substantial damage, 14 fatal. Probable cause: (1) the pilot's failure to ensure that a fuel system icing inhibitor was added to the fuel before the flights on the day of the accident; (2) his failure to take appropriate remedial actions after a…

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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