Pilatus PC-12/47 accident near Big Timber, MT
On June 24, 2006, a Pilatus PC-12/47 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Big Timber, MT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 24, 2006
- Place
- Big Timber, MT
- Aircraft
- Pilatus PC-12/47 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 45.807°N, 109.932°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060706X00882
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 24, 2006, at 1420 mountain daylight time, a Pilatus PC-12/47, N768H, was destroyed when it impacted terrain following a loss of aircraft control after takeoff from Big Timber Airport (6S0; elevation 4,492 feet), Big Timber, Montana. The airline transport pilot/flight instructor and private pilot receiving instruction were fatally injured. The private pilot/owner was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local, instructional flight which was originating at the time of the accident. A flight plan had not been filed. On the morning of the accident, the private pilot departed Big Timber, Montana, at an undetermined time. According to Billings, Montana, Air Traffic Control (ATC), the airplane landed at Billings at 0929. A witness at the Billings terminal observed the flight instructor and private pilot together at a table talking "for some time." At 1135, Billing's ATC cleared the airplane for takeoff, and the first radar contact was recorded at 1137. Billing's ATC reported that the airplane stayed in the traffic pattern for about 30 minutes before it headed north towards Lavina, Montana (elevation 3,490 feet). At approximately 1217, the airplane was observed, on radar, to make a "very rapid descent" towards the runway at Lavina, from approximately 12,000 feet. (Another PC-12 flight instructor said this event matched the profile of a practice emergency descent training, for example, cabin depressurization). ATC reported that radar contact was lost for approximately 3 minutes; when radar con
Probable cause
The flight instructor's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering, which led to an inadvertent stall.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
