# NTSB DCA24WA080: Pilatus PC-12/45, N668TW, Gustavia, St. Barthélemy, January 16, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 16, 2024, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Gustavia, St. Barthélemy
- Coordinates: 17.899111, -62.84113
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.8991&lon=-62.8411&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193683/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA080

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Pilatus PC-12/45, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=7090551), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N668TW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N668TW), registered now, S/N 326, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC-12/45
- Registry model: [Pilatus PC-12/45](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (registry code 7090551) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (registry code 52158, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 326
- Year built: 2000
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Positioning, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Tradewind Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: Panorama Aero 1 LLC

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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