Pilatus PC-12 crash, Jan 6, 2016, Savannah
Pilatus PC-12 accident on January 6, 2016 near Savannah, Georgia, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The pilots' failure to follow proper...
- Date: January 6, 2016
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-12
- Location: Savannah, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: NTSB: The pilots' failure to follow proper procedures in response to a crew alerting system warning for high engine torque values, which necessitated an off runway emergency landing during which the airplane sustained substantial damage from a post impact fire. Contributing was an erroneous engine torque indication, for reasons that could not be determined.
On 6 January 2016 a PlaneSense Pilatus PC 12/47E (N978AF) on a positioning flight to Lexington, Kentucky, took off from Savannah/Hilton Head with two pilots. A torque warning after takeoff led the copilot to land immediately; the aircraft turned onto grass, ran into a drainage ditch and caught fire. Both pilots had minor injuries and the aircraft was substantially damaged; the NTSB (ERA16LA082) cited the crew's failure to follow the POH procedures for the torque warning, with an erroneous torque indication as a contributing factor.