# Accident 20191130022069A: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, Chamberlain, SD, November 30, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Chamberlain, SD
- Airport: Chamberlain
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7656° N, 99.3372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7656&lon=-99.3372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56KJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56KJ-2020-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/47E (registry code 7090553, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P (registry code 52292, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67P
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 9
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,213 total, 1,184 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191130022069A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 30, 2019, AT 1233 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PILATUS PC-12/47E AIRPLANE, N56KJ, WAS DESTROYED DURING AN IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR THE CHAMBERLAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (9V9), CHAMBERLAIN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PILOT AND 8 PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED, AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO CONRAD & BISCHOFF, INC. AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.

INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM 9V9 AND WAS DESTINED FOR IDAHO FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT (IDA), IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO.

## 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 CEN20FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA022), Nov 30, 2019: Pilatus PC12 (N56KJ), Chamberlain, SD, destroyed, 9 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control shortly after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent, low-altitude aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper loading of the airplane,…

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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