Pilatus PC-12 crash, Oct 3, 2021 (8 killed), San Donato M...
Pilatus PC-12 accident on October 3, 2021 near San Donato Milanese, Lombardy, Italy with 8 fatalities. Cause: Most probably loss of control by the...
- Date: October 3, 2021
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-12
- Location: San Donato Milanese, Lombardy, Italy
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Most probably loss of control by the pilot during a manually flown departure in cloud, possibly through task saturation. A technical fault could not be fully excluded.
A Pilatus PC 12 left Milan Linate for Olbia and, in cloud, deviated from its departure route and entered an uncontrolled descent from about 5,300 feet. It crashed vertically into an industrial building under construction southwest of the airport, killing all 8 on board. The Italian investigators attributed it most probably to loss of control by the pilot.