# Incident 20210305000319I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, Joseph, OR, March 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2021, 15:30 local time
- Place: Joseph, OR
- Airport: Joseph State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 8LFA
- Location: 45.3595° N, 117.2538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOSEPH STATE (JSY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3595&lon=-117.2538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N886LF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N886LF) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 1,005 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210305000319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMED AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT, WALKED AROUND THE AIRCRAFT CHECKING THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED A NORMAL START. THE PILOT BEGAN TO TAXI FORWARD AND BEGAN TURNING TO THE LEFT TO ALIGN WITH THE TAXIWAY. SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A CORNER POST OF THE AIRCRAFT PERIMETER FENCE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE PROPELLER THEN STRUCK THE SNOW BERM. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A NORMAL SHUT DOWN.

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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