Accidents
Quartering Tailwind Landing Led to PC-12 Excursion
Aircraft was substantially damaged after overrunning runway at Las Vegas-area airport
Pilatus PC-12 accident
© NTSB

The NTSB attributed the probable cause for a runway excursion of a Pilatus PC-12 on May 17, 2025, at Las Vegas Henderson Executive Airport (KHND) to the “pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a quartering tailwind.” Public charter provider Boutique Air was operating the 2006 turboprop single under Part 91. 

According to the NTSB, the sole-occupant pilot conceded that he was landing on Runway 17R at night with a quartering tailwind, although the airport’s automated weather observation station reported that the wind was from 240 degrees at 13 knots, gusting to 20 knots in night VMC at about the time of the accident. His narrative of the accident pointed out, "Winds seem to have shifted with a quartering tailwind at some point."