Incident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo Porter HB-FIM,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34080
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 July 1987
Time:15:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:Zimex Aviation
Registration: HB-FIM
MSN: 741
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Grenchen, SO -   Switzerland
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Parachuting
Departure airport:Grenchen (LSZG)
Destination airport:Grenchen (LSZG)
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Crashed after damage caused by parachute opening inside the aircraft and touched the elevator making the aircraft uncontrolable. The pilot jumped out of the aircraft and landed safely. The aircraft crashed in a field near Grenchen.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1275.pdf
http://www.pc-6.com/history/741.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
21-Nov-2010 13:43 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
22-Nov-2010 11:03 TB Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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