# Incident 20150827015219I: Pilatus PC-12/45, Midland, TX, August 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2015, 08:06 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 715 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150827015219I

## Narrative

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

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 LANDING IN (KMAF) MIDLAND, TEXAS FOLLOWING A PART 135 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM (E38) ALPINE, TEXAS.  THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF THE PC-12 STRUCK A PARKED USAF F-16 THUNDERBIRD #8 PARKED IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE THUNDERBIRDS MILITARY DEMONSTRATION TEAM.  VISUAL METEREOLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N970NA (1)

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

- [Incident 20130606009059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130606009059I), Jun 6, 2013: Pilatus PC-12/45 (N970NA), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. 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…

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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