Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Jul 11, 1992
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on July 11, 1992 near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Premature...
- Date: July 11, 1992
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Premature deployment of a jumper's pilot chute during a group exit, which led to loss of the horizontal stabilizer and loss of control of the aircraft.
A Pilatus Porter on a local skydiving flight from Chilliwack, British Columbia, was carrying ten jumpers and a pilot on 11 July 1992. A jumper's pilot chute deployed prematurely during a group exit, pulling him into the horizontal stabilizer and tearing it away. The pilot left the aircraft by parachute after the last jumper urged him to, and the aircraft crashed inverted onto a farmyard. All eleven occupants survived.