# Incident 20201205019429I: Pilatus PC-12/45, Broadus, MT, December 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: Broadus, MT
- Airport: Broadus
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 45.4705° N, 105.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROADUS (00F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4705&lon=-105.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N324AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N324AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090551, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-12/45
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,747 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201205019429I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2020, AT 1100 MST, A PILATUS PC-12/45, N324AC, REGISTERED TO

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDED AT BROADUS AIRPORT, BROADUS, MONTANA, NOSE WHEEL FIRST CAUSING NOSE GEAR TO SHEAR OFF, WHILE ON A POSITIONING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT AND  FLIGHT CREW WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, ON DECEMBER 5, 2020, AT 1850 MST.

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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