All King Air's have PT6's, however the PC-9 and PC-12 are fitted with much larger PT6's than what is in the King Air (King Air is a medium turbine, PC-12 and PC-9 are large turbine).
The PT6 that failed in the PC-12 in WA last year was found to have been overhauled incorrectly by an approved workshop. There was a subsequent PT6 found at the same time (not far off failing) in another PC-12 that was overhauled just before the one that failed.
The reason I am curious about this and the other PC-9 incident, is to see if it's the same problem as the PC-12 engines.
Mick
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