# Incident 20130606009059I: Pilatus PC-12/45, Albuquerque, NM, June 6, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2013, 22:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Sunport International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N970NA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N970NA) (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: PILATUS PC-12/45
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-66 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 850 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130606009059I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6, 2013, AT 22:00 MST, A PILATUS PC-12/45 REGISTERED TO NATIVE AMERICAN AIR SERVICE INC. AND OPERATED BY AIR METHODS CORP. BLEW OUT A LEFT MAIN TIRE ON LANDING AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 3 AT SUNPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON AN AIR TAXI/MEDICAL TRANSPORT 14 CFR PART 135 OPERATION. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MIDLAND, TEXAS ON JUNE 6, 2013 AT 20:30 MST.

## Other reports on N970NA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150827015219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150827015219I), Aug 27, 2015: Pilatus PC-12/45 (N970NA), Midland, TX, Minor damage. On August 27, 2015, at 0806 local time, a 1998 PC-12/45 aircraft bearing registration number N970NA, registered to native air, was taxiing to the hangar after…

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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