20250828018079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/47E · Aspen, CO · August 28, 2025

Date
August 28, 2025 · 13:20 local
Place
Aspen, CO
Airport
Aspen/Pitken County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N961NX
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/47E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total5 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 28th, at about 1320PM MDT, a Pilatus PC-12NGX experienced a porpoise landing at kase resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. Damages included a blown nosewheel tire, some damage to nosewheel hub, and a propeller strike on the runway pavement.

The reported weather at the time of the event was light rain, winds from the west at 21 mph, gusting to 31MPH.

Pilot elected to enroll in flight training specific to aircraft make and model.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, AT ABOUT 1320PM MDT, A PILATUS PC-12NGX EXPERIENCED A PORPOISE LANDING AT KASE RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGES INCLUDED A BLOWN NOSEWHEEL TIRE, SOME DAMAGE TO NOSEWHEEL HUB, AND A PROPELLER STRIKE ON THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT.

THE REPORTED WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS LIGHT RAIN, WINDS FROM THE WEST AT 21 MPH, GUSTING TO 31MPH.

PILOT ELECTED TO ENROLL IN FLIGHT TRAINING SPECIFIC TO AIRCRAFT MAKE AND MODEL.