- Date
- September 14, 2020, 19:30 local (Sep 15, 2020, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Abert, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1220APilatus PC-12/47E
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20200915016089I
- Case key
- 102061
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an object during the takeoff ground roll due to inadequate monitoring of the environment.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during the takeoff roll from a private dirt strip, the left wing was substantially damaged when it impacted a truck parked alongside of the runway. The pilot reported that it was dusk and he “just didn’t see the truck.” The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, during the takeoff roll from a private dirt strip, the left wing was substantially damaged when it impacted a truck parked alongside of the runway. The pilot reported that it was dusk and he “just didn’t see the truck.” The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1220A
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-12/47E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1568
- Built
- 2015
- Airframe hours
- 1,170
- Engine
- P&W Canada PT6A-67P, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rivers End Ranch LLC
- Registered owner
- Rivers End Ranch LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- n/a · Private, runway 360, 3,000 × 100 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- LKV, 32 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 25, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 629 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.