# Incident 20230115000879I: Pilatus PC-12/45, Pagosa Springs, CO, January 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2023, 02:30 local time
- Place: Pagosa Springs, CO
- Airport: Stevens Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Q6VA
- Location: 37.2862° N, 107.0560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEVENS FLD (PSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2862&lon=-107.0560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N247N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N247N-2025-01-16) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230115000879I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FERRY FLIGHT RETURNING TO PSO. AIRCRAFT BECAME VMC AT 600 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ACCORDING TO THE PILOT. LANDING WAS NORMAL THEN AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL LEFT DRIFT OF AIRCRAFT. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK SNOWBANK ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND ENTERED DEEP SNOW COMING TO REST 20 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. PROPELLER STRIKE ON SNOWBANK CAUSED BENDING. WHEEL COWLINGS WERE CRACKED FROM ENTRY INTO DEEP SNOW.

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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