Pilatus Aircraft LTD PC-12/47 accident near Henderson, Nevada, May 18, 2025
On May 18, 2025 at about 4:00 am local time, a 2006 Pilatus Aircraft LTD PC-12/47, registered N220JP, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (landing roll) near Henderson, Nevada (Henderson Executive Airport). It was an other work-use flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a quartering tailwind.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 18, 2025 · about 4:00 am local time
- Place
- Henderson, Nevada · Henderson Executive Airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Pilatus Aircraft LTD PC-12/47, built 2006
- Registration
- N220JP · registry record · serial 787
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work-use flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that he was landing at night with a quartering tailwind. Shortly after touchdown, about the time that he placed the power control lever into reverse position, the airplane veered right. He successfully brought the airplane back to the runway centerline after applying left rudder control. However, about 1 to 3 seconds later, the airplane veered hard right. The pilot tried to bring the airplane back towards the runway centerline again, but the airplane veered off the right side of the runway and travelled through gravel between the runway and the taxiway. Subsequently, the airplane struck a storm trench and substantially damaged the right wing. The airport’s automated weather observation station reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 240° at 13 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The pilot landed the airplane onto runway 17R. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.
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
What happened, in order
- Runway excursion during landing (landing roll) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind › Crosswind › Effect on operation
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,176 hours in all; 2,853 in this make and model; 106 in the last 90 days; 10 in the last 30 days; 2,140 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: February 4, 2025
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 8,371.6 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, January 30, 2025
- Maximum gross weight: 10,450 lb
- Seats: 10
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney PT-6A-67B (turboprop); 7,659 hours total
- Operator: Dragonglass LLC
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 17R, 6,501 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: night
- Wind: from 240° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 3,900 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 70°F (21°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter: 29.70 inHg
- Observation at 8:45 pm from HND
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 |
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 docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site 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 WPR25LA160.