# NTSB WPR25LA160: Pilatus PC-12/47, N220JP, Henderson, NV, May 18, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 17, 2025, 21:00 local (May 18, 2025, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Coordinates: 35.972592, -115.13308
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9726&lon=-115.1331&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200182
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200182/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200182
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA160

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a quartering tailwind.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Pilatus PC-12/47, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7090552), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Pilatus PC-12/47, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=7090552), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Pilatus PC-12/47, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=7090552), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Pilatus PC-12/47, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=7090552), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he was landing at night with a quartering tailwind. Shortly after touchdown, about the time that he placed the power control lever into reverse position, the airplane veered right. He successfully brought the airplane back to the runway centerline after applying left rudder control. However, about 1 to 3 seconds later, the airplane veered hard right. The pilot tried to bring the airplane back towards the runway centerline again, but the airplane veered off the right side of the runway and travelled through gravel between the runway and the taxiway. Subsequently, the airplane struck a storm trench and substantially damaged the right wing. The airport’s automated weather observation station reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 240° at 13 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The pilot landed the airplane onto runway 17R. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N220JP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N220JP), registered now, S/N 787, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47
- Registry model: [Pilatus PC-12/47](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-47) (registry code 7090552) (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: 787
- Year built: 2006
- Airframe hours: 8371.6
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT-6A-67B 1200 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Operator: Dragonglass LLC
- Registered owner: Dragonglass LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: AAIP, January 30, 2025
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: HND, Henderson Executive Airport, runway 17R, 6,501 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 4, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,176 total, 2,853 in this make and model, 2,140 as pilot in command, 106 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 240° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,900 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.70 inHg
- Observed at: HND

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250517005879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250517005879A), May 17, 2025: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47, Henderson, NV, Substantial damage. On may 17, 2025, the pilot of [privacy data omitted] was performing night currency landings (part 91). This aircraft is utilized on a part 135 certificate…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 28, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200182. 2.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19150716&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=AAA_6120_1_Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 869 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18776266&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos%20for%20WPR25LA160-Rel.pdf

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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