Pilatus PC-12 crash, Jul 8, 2001, Sea of Okhotsk
Pilatus PC-12 accident on July 8, 2001 near Sea of Okhotsk, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure for undetermined reasons, following a...
- Date: July 8, 2001
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-12
- Location: Sea of Okhotsk, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Engine failure for undetermined reasons, following a turbine temperature rise and compressor stall in cruise.
A Pilatus PC-12 operated by Access Air was returning a US pilot and three Japanese passengers from a round-the-world trip, flying from Hakodate toward Magadan. At cruise, the engine suffered a turbine temperature rise and a compressor stall; the pilot shut it down, feathered the propeller and descended. He ditched in the Sea of Okhotsk in swells of 8 to 12 feet, and all four occupants were picked up after about 15 hours by a Russian container ship.