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Pilatus PC-12

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Single-engine turboprop multi-purpose aircraft. Includes the variants PC-12 NG, PC-12 NGX, and PC-12 PRO.

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Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop

Application

Business, Cargo, Utility

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis + autoland

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Predictive-maintenance platform Standard

Technical reference compiled with AI research; a value appears only where two independent research passes and a web fact-check agree. Gaps are deliberate.

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Pilatus PC-12	1989 / 1991	1994	Baseline variant, replaced by PC-12/45.
Pilatus PC-12 Spectre	1995 / 1995		Multirole variant, formerly PC-12M (until 2002).
Pilatus PC-12 NG	2006 / 2006		Upgraded variant with more powerful engines, engineering designation PC-12/47E.
Pilatus PC-12 NGX	2019 / 2017		Variant with enhanced avionics and engine, adapted from the PC-24.
Pilatus PC-12 PRO	2025 /		Production: 15 (2026) GAMA: Pilatus PC-12. Reimagining of PC-12 program, includes updated cockpit and redesigned cabin.

Airframer

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd

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