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  • PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12

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AttributePILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12
What it is
Seats9
Landing geartricycle
Engines1
EnginePratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B
Horsepower1,200 hp
FuelJetA
Certification basisFAR23
Production start1996
Production end2005
Endorsements requiredcomplex;high-performance;pressurized/high-altitude
Performance
Cruise speed270 KTAS
Range1,600 nm
Service ceiling30,000 ft
Climb rate1,680 ft/min
Stall speed (Vso)67 KCAS
Takeoff over 50 ft2,600 ft
Landing over 50 ft2,170 ft
Load and fuel
Seats9
Useful load4,189 lb
Full-fuel payload1,496 lb
Max takeoff weight9,921 lb
Empty weight5,732 lb
Usable fuel402 gal
Fuel burn at cruise66 gal/h
Cost of ownership
Price, low$2,300,000
Price, high$3,395,000
Prices as of2026
Engine TBO3,500 h
Overhaul cost, low$520,000
Overhaul cost, high$780,000
The fleet and its record
Registered, all time38
Active fleet32
Median year built1995.0
NTSB events, last 10 years1
Fatal events, last 10 years1
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years131.25 · thin base (low)
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active20 · thin base (low)
Ownership transfers, last 24 months3
Transfers per 100 active39.38 · thin base (low)
Airworthiness directives64
Directives, last 5 years3
Rate confidencelow
Peer scores
Peer classFixed wing single-engine, turbo-prop, 1 engine, 7+ seats
Accident record4—
Severity5—
Access61.1 of 10
Support73.8 of 10
Liquidity80 of 10
Overall (sum of the categories shown)9—
  1. Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 32 active.
  2. Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 32 active.
  3. Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 32 active.
  4. Accident record: class median 3.7 · 10 models in class.
  5. Severity: class median 29.71.
  6. Access: class median 3,269.25.
  7. Support: class median 94.5.
  8. Liquidity: class median 21.99.
  9. Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.
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