# Incident 20250801011109I: Pilatus PC-12/45, Grand Junction, CO, August 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2025, 17:20 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Grand Junction Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: J7BA
- Location: 39.1215° N, 108.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND JUNCTION RGNL (GJT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1215&lon=-108.5255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N327SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N327SF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090551, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-12/45
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250801011109I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 1, 2025, PC-12 AIRCRAFT OPERATING PART 135 AND FLYING AERIAL OBSERVATION OF FIRES FOR THE STATE OF COLORADO SUFFERED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE INCIDENT ON LANDING TOUCHDOWN AT GJT AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED AROUND 4:20PM FROM CJT, FLOWN AERIAL OBSERVATION, AND WAS RETURNING TO CJT AFTER ITS MISSION.  WHILE ON APPROACH BUT BEFORE LANDING GEAR WAS DEPLOYED THE PILOT HEARD A THUMP AND THE GEAR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON.  AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN THE NOSE INDICATION REMAINED UNSAFE.  GEAR CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO CHANGE.  AIRPLANE MADE SEVERAL PASSES PAST TOWER THAT CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS OUT BUT DIDN'T LOOK ALL THE WAY DEPLOYED.  PILOT SELECTED RUNWAY 11 FOR LANDING AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN.  NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE 2 FIRE OBSERVERS ONBOARD WERE INJURED.  NOSE GEAR RH DRAG LINK WAS DISCOVERED BROKEN.  THE 135 OPERATOR IS WORKING WITH THE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURER ON GETTING THE DRAG LINK EXAMINED.  STATE OF COLORADO FORESTRY IS ALSO RUNNING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPONANT.

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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