HB-FMC

Safety history

• April 8, 2000AccidentHull loss

  The single engine airplane departed Breitscheid Airfield on a local skydiving flight. Once the appropriate altitude was reached, 11 skydivers jumped out and the pilot returned to the airfield with another passenger on board. On final approach, at an altitude of about 280 metres, the parachute of the passenger mistakenly opened in the cockpit.

  Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) · 2 fatalities

  Loss of control on final approach after the parachute of a passenger mistakenly opened in the cockpit and the passenger was caught outside the cabin and collided with the elevators. Full accident record