Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Apr 2, 2011
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on April 2, 2011 near Ravenna-La Spreta, Emilia-Romagna, Italy with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined;...
- Date: April 2, 2011
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Ravenna-La Spreta, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined; the sources reviewed do not give a confirmed cause for the loss of control after takeoff.
A Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter took off from Ravenna-La Spreta for a local skydiving flight with 11 people aboard, including the pilot. Shortly after lift-off it turned left, lost height and came down in an open field about 380 metres beyond the runway end. All 11 occupants were injured, five of them seriously, and the aircraft was destroyed.