Accident Pilatus PC-12/45 XA-BLU, Friday 24 April 2015

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Date:	Friday 24 April 2015
Time:	12:45 LT
Type:	Pilatus PC-12/45
Owner/operator:	Servicios Aéreos Corporativos
Registration:	XA-BLU
MSN:	481
Year of manufacture:	2003
Engine model:	P&W Canada PT6A-67
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ciudad Acuña-EI Bonito Airport - Mexico
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Ciudad Acuña-EI Bonito Airport
Investigating agency:	DGCA Mexico
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A PC-12/45, registration XA-BLU crashed at the airfield "EI Bonito" located in the municipality of Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila.
The aircraft touched down approximately 5 meters before the runway 28 threshold. The pilot indicated that he felt a strong blow in his left side caused by impact of the left main gear against the land, approximately 70 cm lower than runway elevation.

Cause: "loss of situational awareness when making a visual approach below the glide path, causing the aircraft to touch the ground 5 meters before the threshold."

Accident investigation: