Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter D-FFBZ (1),
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26303
 
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Date:Wednesday 17 May 1989
Time:day
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:FSZ Hassfurt
Registration: D-FFBZ (1)
MSN: 875
Year of manufacture:1991
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Hassfurt (EDQT) -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Parachuting
Departure airport:Hassfurt Airport (EDQT)
Destination airport:Hassfurt Airport (EDQT)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
During jump one parachute caught in the tail. The aircraft fell into spin, left wing separated. One parachuter (46) managed not to leave the aircraft before impact and died. Three others were seriously injured.

Sources:

http://www.pc-6.com/history/857.htm
Hamburger Abendblatt 19.5.1989

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 June 1993 HB-FKS Farner Air Transport/MINURSO 3 Aoussard, Western Sahara w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
15-Nov-2010 13:43 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
06-May-2011 03:39 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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