# Incident 20250828018079I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, Aspen, CO, August 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2025, 13:20 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen/Pitken County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1952° N, 106.8368° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aspen, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1952&lon=-106.8368&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961NX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N961NX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/47E (registry code 7090553, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E-67XP (registry code 52311, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6e-67xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 5 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250828018079I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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