Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Jun 27, 1984 (7 killed)
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on June 27, 1984 near Ferlach-Glainach, Carinthia, Austria with 7 fatalities. Cause: An Austrian military...
- Date: June 27, 1984
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Ferlach-Glainach, Carinthia, Austria
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: An Austrian military account instead cites a thermal updraft that drove the aircraft into a rock face.
A Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter (3G-EI) of the Austrian Air Force crashed into a wooded slope during the initial climb near Ferlach Glainach in Carinthia on 27 June 1984 during a parachute training flight. An Austrian military account also mentions a fireman who died during recovery work, which would bring the toll to eight.