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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/47 · Anchorage, AK · January 28, 2026

Date
January 28, 2026 · 14:36 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HVUA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N641AT
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/47
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,542 total

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.

During planned climbout to FL240, pilot observed cabin pressure altitude indication continuing past scheduled altitude setting and received red crew alerting system warning message at FL220. Pilot requested decent down to FL200 with pressure altitude increasing around 1400 to 1700 feet per minute. Pilot and passengers donned oxygen masks. Pilot requested further decent to FL100 and return to airport with final cabin pressure altitude reading 14,500 feet. No inflight emergency action taken or declared since decent was already in progress. No physiological conditions reported by pilot or passengers upon landing.

As the FAA filed it

DURING PLANNED CLIMBOUT TO FL240, PILOT OBSERVED CABIN PRESSURE ALTITUDE INDICATION CONTINUING PAST SCHEDULED ALTITUDE SETTING AND RECEIVED RED CREW ALERTING SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE AT FL220. PILOT REQUESTED DECENT DOWN TO FL200 WITH PRESSURE ALTITUDE INCREASING AROUND 1400 TO 1700 FEET PER MINUTE. PILOT AND PASSENGERS DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. PILOT REQUESTED FURTHER DECENT TO FL100 AND RETURN TO AIRPORT WITH FINAL CABIN PRESSURE ALTITUDE READING 14,500 FEET. NO INFLIGHT EMERGENCY ACTION TAKEN OR DECLARED SINCE DECENT WAS ALREADY IN PROGRESS. NO PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS REPORTED BY PILOT OR PASSENGERS UPON LANDING.