# Incident 20210412002919I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, Apple Valley, CA, April 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2021, 12:35 local time
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Airport: Apple Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 19AA
- Location: 34.5753° N, 117.1862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at APPLE VALLEY (APV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5753&lon=-117.1862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N828SA) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,302 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210412002919I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 12, 2021 AT APPROX. 1235 LOCAL TIME, N828SA, PILATUS PC-12/47E, S/N 1525, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT, CA (KAPV) ON RUNWAY 18 THAT INCLUDED THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND AND DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN EXECUTED A GO AROUND PROCEDURE AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO VICTORVILLE AIRPORT, CA (KVCV) DUE TO THE PILOT SUSPECTING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND VICTORVILLE AIRPORT HAVING ATC AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AVAILABLE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT VICTORVILLE AIRPORT (KVCV).

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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