Saint Petersburg - Cat Cay

On March 8, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Saint Petersburg - Cat Cay experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-12, operated by Tomcat Air, with the event recorded near Cat Cay Bimini.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Pilot advised that upon making his approach to land at Cat Cay (MYCC), on short final he experienced an unexpected accelerated sink rate. To compensate for the sink rate he increased the pitch of the aircraft. While going over the threshold, a slight impact was felt as the landing gear came into contact with the seawall. He flew the aircraft until it came to a stop about 600 feet down the runway. No injuries were sustained, aircraft received substantial damage.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8TS, MSN 1650, year of manufacture 2016.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.5545°, -79.2754°.