A Pilatus PC-12 made a successful landing on sea ice near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, on May 7, 2024, after suffering an in-flight engine failure. Investigators later found midspan power turbine blade fractures, according to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) report, but “the cause of the power turbine blades fracture could not be established.” All three occupants were uninjured.
The airplane landed upright and intact on snow-covered sea ice. Several fairings were cracked or broken, and the lower fuselage and trailing-edge flaps sustained abrasion damage. TSB investigators found the most significant structural damage at the bottom aft fuselage, where a navcom antenna had broken loose and “tore open approximately 0.5 sq ft of the fuselage.” Two of the four propeller blades were bent from contact with snow and ice. There was no fire nor any oil or fuel leakage.
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