Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Aug 22, 1998
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on August 22, 1998 near Iquitos-Moronacocha, Loreto, Peru with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined in...
- Date: August 22, 1998
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Iquitos-Moronacocha, Loreto, Peru
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined in the sources reviewed; loss of control shortly after takeoff.
Shortly after takeoff from Iquitos-Moronacocha, the single-engine Pilatus Turbo Porter went out of control while climbing and crashed into the Moronacocha riverbed. Both pilots were injured and the two passengers were not. The aircraft also carried the civil registration OB-1167.