# Incident 20250416003849I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47, Scranton, PA, April 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2025, 20:50 local time
- Place: Scranton, PA
- Airport: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3385° N, 75.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (AVP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3385&lon=-75.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N476SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N476SS) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,598 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250416003849I

## Narrative

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

DURING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM AOO TO AOD, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEVELED OFF AT 17,000 FEET FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES WHEN, AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT, A RAPID SERIES OF BLAST NOISES CAME FROM THE ENGINE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AMOUNTS OF SPARKS CONTINUOUSLY EMANATING OUT OF THE EXHAUST AND ENGINE “SURGES”.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO KAVP WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND THEN TAXIED UNDER ITS OWN POWER.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THE COMPRESSOR SECTION OF THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE MISSING A FIRST STAGE COMPRESSOR FAN BLADE AS WELL AS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE VISIBLE COMPRESSOR SECTION OF THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N476SS (1)

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

- [Incident 20210115000129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210115000129I), Jan 15, 2021: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47 (N476SS), Mineral Wells, TX, No damage. Caws starting flickering a battery warning - crew followed qrh and turned battery off, which resulted in total electrical loss. Turning battery back on brought…

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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