Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Jun 11, 2016 (2 killed)
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on June 11, 2016 near Cecina, Tuscany, Italy with 2 fatalities. Cause: ANSV (per ASN and BAAA, final...
- Date: June 11, 2016
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Cecina, Tuscany, Italy
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: ANSV (per ASN and BAAA, final report not read): detachment of the horizontal stabilizer after impact with a skydiver dragged by his accidentally opened auxiliary parachute. Contributing were the design of the throw out material and pin cover, the seat structure interfering with the auxiliary parachute bag, and non optimal positioning of skydivers and the dropmaster.
On 11 June 2016 a Skydive Kalifornia Pilatus PC 6 Turbo Porter (S5 CMB) departed Cecina airfield on a skydiving flight. When the seventh skydiver's auxiliary parachute opened accidentally inside the cabin, he was dragged outside and struck the right horizontal stabilizer, which detached. The aircraft went into an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field, killing both pilots, while all seven skydivers were uninjured.