# Incident 20230204001009I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47, Oakland, CA, February 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2023, 09:45 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2B5A
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N472SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/47 (registry code 7090552, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47) (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 AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230204001009I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE FORWARD UPPER ENGINE COWLING LIFT UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND REMAIN HELD ON THE LEFT SIDE.  ABORTING THE TAKEOFF, THE PROPELLER WAS BRIEFLY PUT INTO REVERSE PITCH. THE COWL MADE LIMITED CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD VERIFIED ALL ENGINE COWLING LATCHES WERE APPROPRIATELY LATCHED ON PREFLIGHT.

## Other reports on N472SS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20161223023759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161223023759I), Dec 23, 2016: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47 (N472SS), Chadron, NE, Minor damage. On December 23, at approximately 18:58 central standard time (CST), a Pilatus PC-12 slid off the end of runway-03 (which had patches of ice) during landing.…

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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