# Accident 20150512006649A: Pilatus PC-12/45, Crowpoint, NM, May 12, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2015, 09:20 local time
- Place: Crowpoint, NM
- Airport: Crowpoint
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2VMA
- Location: 35.7244° N, 108.1994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7244&lon=-108.1994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811VM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N811VM) (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-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-12/45
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-6 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,397 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150512006649A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON A COMPANY PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM KGUP TO 0E8.  THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE DRY.  THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED FOR 0E8 FROM GUP.  ATC CLEARED HIM DIRECT TO 0E8 FROM 11OOO FEET.  DURING HIS DESCENT INTO THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT TURNED ON HIS TERRAIN AWARENESS MODE.  HE STATES THERE IS LITTLE GROUND LIGHTING AND FEW VISUAL REFERENCES.  HE STATED THAT HE LINED UP FOR FINAL AND DURING APPROACH HE BECAME FOCUSED ON THE RUNWAY.  AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY HE STATED THAT THE TERRAIN AWARENESS ALARM SOUNDED.  AS HE PULLED THE POWER BACK FOR LANDING THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE GEAR HORN WARNING BECAUSE IT WAS SOUNDING AS THE TERRAIN AWARENESS WAS CONTINUING TO ALARM. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON TO THE RUNWAY WITH LANDING GEAR UP. IT SLID LEFT DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA15CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA080), May 13, 2015: Pilatus PC12 - 45 (N811VM), Crownpoint, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

## Other reports on N811VM (1)

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

- [Incident 20130706013409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130706013409I), Jul 6, 2013: Pilatus PC12-45 (N811VM), Bismarck, ND, No damage. On approach into Bismarck ND the pilot after selecting flaps to 40 and heard the turbine stop running. Pilot verified loss of power feathered engine and…

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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