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A Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter carrying 10 skydivers and a pilot, impacted terrain some ten minutes after takeoff from Namur-Suarlée Airport, Belgium. All aboard were killed. The aeroplane was used for the dropping of parachutists from the parachute club of Namur.
The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland.
The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland.
The PC-6 B1H2 Turbo Porter is a high wing monoplane aircraft powered by one turboprop engine. This aircraft type is well known for its Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) ability and low level flying manoeuvrability.
Crashed after losing a wing at an altitude of 4000 meters. Nine skydivers were able to jump to safety. The pilot and one skydiver were killed.
On 31 March 1975, a Pilatus PC-6 Porter (registration number 9N-AAZ, and serial number 727), [2] operated by Royal Nepal Airlines crashed in Nepal en route from Tribhuvan International Airport to Phaplu Airport on a domestic charter flight.
It’s a missionary and a mercenary. A soldier and a spy. A record-setter and an also-ran. After 60 years of continuous production, the Pilatus PC–6 Porter, a legendary Swiss turboprop that has played more supporting roles than Kevin Bacon, will cease production in 2019.
