Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter HB-FMC, Saturday 8 April 2000
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Date:Saturday 8 April 2000
Time:18:52
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:Imaginair SA
Registration: HB-FMC
MSN: 938
Year of manufacture:2000
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Breitscheid (EDGB) (Hessen) -   Germany
Phase: Approach
Nature:Parachuting
Departure airport:Breitscheid (EDGB)
Destination airport:Breitscheid (EDGB)
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed 2 km W of the airport after parachute of the co-pilot (45) inadvertendly opened in the cabin. He sucked out, damaging the horizon stabilizer.The pilot (40) died on impact.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BFU
Report number: CX002-0/00
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.pc-6.com/history/938.htm
AZ: BFU CX 002-0/00
Hamburger Abendblatt 10.4.2000

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
14-Nov-2010 08:02 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
14-Nov-2010 09:09 TB Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Dec-2010 07:04 TB Updated [Narrative, ]
26-Dec-2010 07:07 TB Updated [Source, ]
07-May-2011 16:45 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
28-Oct-2019 17:22 Uli Elch Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
28-Oct-2019 17:23 Uli Elch Updated [Location, ]

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