Pilatus PC-12 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
34 Pilatus PC-12s are on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Pilatus PC-12
- one-timeAD 2022-20517 — Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes · 2022-09-22
The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2016-26- 08, which applied to all Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12, PC-12/45, PC-12/47, and PC-12/47E airplanes. AD 2016-26-08 required incorporating revisions into the airworthiness limitations section (ALS) of the maintenance…
- one-timeAD 2017-02772 — Airworthiness Directives; PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Airplanes · 2017-02-16
The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to all PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Models PC-12, PC-12/45, PC-12/47, and PC-12/47E airplanes. The second reference to the main landing gear (MLG) in paragraph (f)(6) is incorre…
- recurringAD 2016-31600 — Airworthiness Directives; PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Airplanes · 2017-01-05
We are superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2014-22-01 for all PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Models PC-12, PC-12/45, PC-12/47, and PC-12/ 47E airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to id…
- one-timeAD 2013-06169 — Airworthiness Directives; PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Airplanes · 2013-03-25
We are rescinding an airworthiness directive (AD) for all PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Models PC-12, PC-12/45, and PC-12/47 airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a…
- one-timeAD 2013-03407 — Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes · 2013-02-19
We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for all Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12, PC-12/45, PC-12/47, and PC- 12/47E airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to i…
- one-timeAD 98-25478 — Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 Airplanes · 1998-09-24
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Models PC-12 and PC-12/45 airplanes. This AD requires revising the FAA-approved Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) to specify procedures that would prohibit flight in severe icing conditions …
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 66 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.
Known trouble spots on the PC-12
The Pilatus PC-12 is generally strong; the main items to verify are landing-gear actuator/overhaul status and the PT6A hot-section/ESP status. Confirm gear overhaul and engine program enrollment.
The records checklist for a Pilatus PC-12
Enter a tail number and Tailplate reads its logbooks against this list — every AD matched to compliance evidence, next-due dates computed, damage history pulled, and a records-adjusted value.
Look up a tail number →or see the free AD listApplicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.