# Incident 20170502006029I: Pilatus PC-12/45, Worcester, MA, May 2, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2017, 00:35 local time
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Airport: Worcester Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Q5QA
- Location: 42.2671° N, 71.8756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WORCESTER RGNL (ORH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2671&lon=-71.8756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26VW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-12/45
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,291 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170502006029I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1, 2017, AT 2342 HOURS, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) DEPARTED  THE READING REGIONAL AIRPORT (KRDG) LOCATED IN READING, PA. EN-ROUTE TO WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT (KORH) LOCATED IN WORCESTER, MA. WEATHER REPORTS INDICATED RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS AND FOG FOR THE FLIGHT TO KORH. THE APPROACH TO KORH WAS INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) INDICATED BY THE PIC. AT 1.04 MILES FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 11, AT 0035 HOURS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREE LIMBS WITH THE OUTBOARD SIX (6) FEET OF THE LEFT HAND WING. ELEVATION OF THE TREE AT THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS ONE THOUSAND NINETY SEVEN (1097) FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL). THE TREE STANDS TWENTY (20) FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) AND THE POINT OF IMPACT WITH THE TREE IS FIFTEEN (15) FEET AGL.

THE PIC STATED THAT HE SET ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR (1184) FEET MSL AS HIS DECISION ALTITUDE AND TWO HUNDRED FOUR (204) FEET INPUT INTO THE RADAR ALTIMETER. HE STATED THE RADAR ALTIMETER ACTIVATED, A FEW SECONDS LATER, HE FELT THE RUDDER PEDALS SHUDDER ONCE.

THE PIC PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH AND REQUESTED AN AMENDED FLIGHT PLAN WITH BRADLEY APPROACH TO RETURN TO KRDG.

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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