Pilatus PC-12/45 accident near Foxworth, Mississippi, November 10, 2002
On November 10, 2002 at about 4:15 pm local time, a Pilatus PC-12/45, registered N990PT, was substantially damaged in an accident near Foxworth, Mississippi (Circle Bar Ranch airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilots failure to properly recover from a stalled/mush/high sink rate condition during an approach and attempted aborted landing into a gusting crosswind, resulting in a hard touchdown, bounced landing, loss of directional control and in-flight collision with adjacent brush and trees.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 10, 2002 · about 4:15 pm local time
- Place
- Foxworth, Mississippi · Circle Bar Ranch · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Pilatus PC-12/45 · all PC-12/45s on the register
- Registration
- N990PT · registry record · serial 304
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
According to the pilot, landing at the airstrip requires a steeper approach than standard. During approach to the strip's runway 27, he encountered a wind gust that caused a rapid descent and stick shaker activation. The aircraft sustained a hard, bounced landing, and the pilot's go-around attempt resulted in a loss of control during the bounce that resulted in a landing off the right side of the runway, into brush and trees. The pilot and five passengers were not injured, but the aircraft received substantial damage to the right wing.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,592 hours in all; 211 in this make and model; 65 in the last 90 days; 13 in the last 30 days; 990 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: January 15, 2002
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 910.4 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, June 24, 2002; 85.9 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 9,921 lb
- Seats: 8
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-67B (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: MCB Mccomb MS at 3:55 pm
- Destination: Foxworth MS
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 27, 2,400 ft by 40 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 210° at 12 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 3,200 ft; scat at 2,400 ft
- Temperature: 81°F (27°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter: 29.80 inHg
- Observation at 3:53 pm from HBG, 28 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 5 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N990PT the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number MIA03LA014.