# Incident 20210103000159I: Pilatus PC-12/45, Phoenix, AZ, January 3, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2021, 20:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Skyharbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N238VM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N238VM) (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-67B (registry code 52158, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-12/45
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 311 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210103000159I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY JANUARY 03, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 MST, A PILATUS PC-12 AIRCRAFT N238VM, S/N-238, EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRIKE UPON LANDING AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA.  WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 25L, DURING NIGHT, VFR CONDITIONS, THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS SCRAPED THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED AT THE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN. THE PIC WAS ABLE TO GET THE LANDING GEAR FULLY EXTENDED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, CREW, PASSENGER OR ANY GROUND CREW PERSONNEL. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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