Pilatus PC-12 crash, Sep 29, 2008 (1 killed), Santa Fe
Pilatus PC-12 accident on September 29, 2008 near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Pilot incapacitation due to fatigue,...
- Date: September 29, 2008
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-12
- Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot incapacitation due to fatigue, leading to an in-flight collision with terrain. Post-accident toxicology found doxylamine and amphetamine.
A Pilatus PC-12 delivery flight from New York via Lubbock was approaching its home airport, Santa Fe, at night. The pilot stopped making position calls, and the aircraft turned left, pitched down and struck terrain in a steep bank about three miles north of the airport. The pilot was killed.