2024 Gillette Pilatus PC-12 crash
N357HE, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 26, 2024 |
| Summary | Autopilot failure leading to loss of control and in-flight breakup |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Pilatus PC-12/47E |
| Operator | Haynie Enterprises Inc |
| Registration | N357HE |
| 1st stopover | Nebraska City Municipal Airport, Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States |
| Last stopover | Billings Logan International Airport, Billings, Montana, United States |
| Destination | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Occupants | 7 |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 7 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On July 26, 2024, a Pilatus PC-12 single-engine aircraft with seven people on board crashed near the Wyoming–Montana border just north of Gillette, Wyoming, United States. All seven on board were killed upon impact. Three members of gospel quartet the Nelons—vocalist Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason, and her daughter Amber—as well as the pilot, Georgia Department of Corrections chairman Larry Haynie, were among the deceased. The crash started a wildfire which was quickly contained by firefighting crews.