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About the Pilatus PC-12
Type certificated 1996
Overview
The Pilatus PC-12/45 is the second-series version of Switzerland’s single-engine turboprop, built from 1996 and the configuration that turned the PC-12 into the best-selling pressurised turboprop single of its era. It mates a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B to a cavernous pressurised cabin with a standard rear cargo door, carrying up to nine passengers at a 30,000 ft cruise while still working the short, unimproved strips that close out comparable business aircraft.
For a buyer the /45 is the value way into the family: the same fuselage, cargo door, and rough-field utility as the current PC-12 NGX for a fraction of the acquisition cost, behind a deep used fleet and a worldwide service network. What it gives up is the NGX’s FADEC engine, winglets, and glass cockpit, in exchange for a legacy panel and slightly lower cruise, and like any turboprop single its resale lives and dies on engine condition and program status. It is the one to buy when you want real turboprop capability and a jet-sized cabin at the lowest cost of entry into the type.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- Jet-class cabin and cargo. Cabin volume rivals a mid-size jet, and a standard 53 in aft cargo door swallows pallets, motorcycles, or stretchers; executive interiors seat six to nine in pressurised comfort.
- Rough-field utility. Trailing-link gear and a strong wing let the /45 work from grass, gravel, and short runways, opening thousands of airfields a light jet cannot touch.
- Single-engine economics. One PT6A burns far less than a comparable twin turboprop or light jet while still turning in 270 KTAS cruise and useful range.
- Proven safety and support. Redundant systems, a slow 65 KCAS landing-configuration stall, and Pilatus’s global network underpin one of the strongest dispatch and safety records among owner-flown turbines.
Trade-offs
- Single-engine acceptance. Some flight departments and insurers still want twin redundancy for night or overwater work, legendary as the PT6A-67B’s reliability is.
- Legacy avionics. The /45 carries an earlier panel rather than the NGX’s Honeywell Advanced Cockpit Environment; an avionics upgrade is a common and worthwhile investment.
- Speed. At 270 KTAS it is quick for a turboprop but slower than light jets like the Phenom 100 or Citation M2.
- Heavy controls. Control feel, in roll especially, is firm; most owners fly behind the autopilot on the longer legs.
See Also
- Pilatus PC-12 NGX – the current-production PC-12 with the PT6E FADEC engine, winglets and a glass flight deck. Compare
- Daher TBM 960 – a faster pressurised single turboprop that trades cabin size for cruise speed. Compare
- Beechcraft Denali – a newer clean-sheet single turboprop in the same cabin class. Compare
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Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 14 ft
- Length
- 47 ft
- Parking area (ft²2)
- 3,305 ft²
- Max Takeoff Weight
- 9,921 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- 9,921 lbs
- Useful Load
- 3,600 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- 402 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- 270 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (VNE)
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 240 KIAS
- Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 240 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- 90 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (VS1)
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 93 KIAS
- Range
- 1600 NM
- Service Ceiling
- 30,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 2000 fpm
- Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
- 1,821 ft
- Landing over 50 ft obstacle
- 1,837 ft
Engine
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Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Pilatus PC-12 specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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