20130116001049A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Pilatus PC-12/45 · Burlington, NC · January 16, 2013

Date
January 16, 2013 · 05:57 local
Place
Burlington, NC
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N68PK
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13FA115
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/45
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,360 total312 in this make and model230 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed buy on an IFR flight plan. During climb-out before being radar identified the pilot apparently lost control of the aircraft and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED BUY ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. DURING CLIMB-OUT BEFORE BEING RADAR IDENTIFIED THE PILOT APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.