Flight Training - June 2024 - 14

PREFLIGHT RAMP APPEAL
BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN
QUICK LOOK
LOOKING TO BUY
A PILATUS PC-12?
See how the Pilatus
PC-12 measures up:
How much: $2 million
for a 25-year-old
version; $6.3 million
for a brand-new one.
Buy it: If you want
to take lots of people
and stuff long
distances to remote
airstrips.
Skip it: If you require
an airplane that can
climb after an engine
failure.
Comparable aircraft:
Beechcraft King Air,
Denali, Daher TBM
Series
PILATUS PC-12
A FLYING SWISS ARMY KNIFE
HULKING PILATUS PC-12S HAVE BECOME SO COMMON AT LARGE AND SMALL
airports around the world that it's easy to forget how revolutionary they
were in 1991 when the prototype first flew. Swiss manufacturer Pilatus
believed there was a market for a big, pressurized, single-engine turboprop
with a massive cargo door, short- and rough-field capability, a maximum
cruise speed of more than 280 knots, and a range of more than 1,500
nautical miles.
With its 1,200-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67 engine, the PC-12
was a flying Swiss Army knife capable of performing a wide variety of utility,
corporate, and military missions with the economy of a single engine.
The result has been a homerun for the Swiss firm and more than 2,000
PC-12s have been delivered to individuals, air charter firms, small airlines,
air ambulance companies, and military customers. The fleet has an admirable
safety record over the years with many millions of hours flown.
Although the PC-12 was originally marketed as a more economical alternative
to multiengine models such as Textron Aviation's Beechcraft King Air,
the Swiss airplane's enduring worldwide popularity has pushed PC-12 prices
far above its rivals. Textron has now joined the fray with its own big, pressurized,
turboprop single-the Denali (first deliveries scheduled for 2027). And
Pilatus is likely to face competition from itself as modification firms such as
Blackhawk upgrade the existing fleet of used PC-12s.
dave.hirschman@aopa.org
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Pilatus PC-12
SPECIFICATIONS
Powerplant
Seats
Length
Height
Wingspan
Empty weight
Useful load
Cruise speed
Stall speed
Fuel consumption
1,200-hp PT6A-67
six to nine passengers
47 ft 3 in
14 ft
53 ft 5 in
6,195 lb
4,255 lb
285 KTAS
67 KIAS
66 gph
FLIGHT TRAINING JUNE 2024
MIKE FIZER

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