Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Jul 16, 2005 (6 killed)
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on July 16, 2005 near Brasilito, Guanacaste (North Pacific), Costa Rica with 6 fatalities. Cause: Not...
- Date: July 16, 2005
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Brasilito, Guanacaste (North Pacific), Costa Rica
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Not determined. The aircraft went out of control while flying at low height over the sea.
A Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter floatplane on a sightseeing flight from Tamarindo, Costa Rica went out of control at low height and crashed into the Pacific about 1.3 km offshore near Brasilito. All six occupants were killed and the aircraft sank in about 50 m of water. The cause has not been established in the sources found.