# Incident 20250706007929I: Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4, Rangeley, ME, July 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2025, 16:40 local time
- Place: Rangeley, ME
- Airport: Rangeley Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9533° N, 70.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANGELEY LAKE (M57), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9533&lon=-70.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N338SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N338SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 (registry code 7090215, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6-b2-h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 series (registry code 52247, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-27-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-6/B2-H4
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-27
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,092 total, 75 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250706007929I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/6/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 1640 LOCAL TIME, A PILATUS PC6 ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER AWAY FROM THE KM57 SEAPLANE DOCK WHEN IT STRUCK A MOORED UNOCCUPIED AIRCRAFT'S WINGTIP WITH ITS ROTATING PROPELLER. THE PILOT OF THE PC6 STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED AN UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITION AND ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE THE THRUST ON THE PROP IMMEDIATELY AFTER ENGINE START TO AVOID THE COLLISION BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO IN TIME. THE PILOT THEN SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. THE PC6 SUFFERED DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER, WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE MINOR.

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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