Pilatus PC-12 Pro receives certification for Garmin emergency autoland system

Pilatus says the FAA and EASA have certified Garmin Emergency Autoland on the PC-12 Pro, which the company markets as Safety Autoland. The single-engine turboprop variant was introduced in March 2025 and pairs a new cockpit with Garmin's G3000 Prime flight deck, configured for Pilatus. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association called that cockpit the most advanced ever installed on a single-engine turboprop.

Early PC-12 Pro aircraft reached customers with Safety Autoland switched off, since approval had not yet been granted. Pilatus has said the function will be added to those aircraft. It will stay inactive in regions where no certification has been issued.

According to Pilatus, the system went through extensive testing during the final certification flights. Those flights were meant to show a landing carried out with no pilot input, covering activation, touchdown, radio calls and engine shutdown under real-world conditions.

The Pro's flight deck also offers surface awareness monitoring, emergency descent and emergency return modes, autothrottle, synthetic vision, an engine-out glide aid, digital weather radar and a Pilatus cursor control device. Pilots can store their own display preferences and restore them after another crew member has altered the settings.

The variant changes the PC-12's stall warning and protection system and its electronic stability and protection function. It uses yokes styled after those on the PC-24 and is powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E-67XP, the same engine fitted to the PC-12 NGX.