PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Feb 18, 2024 (1 killed)
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on February 18, 2024 near Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland with 1 fatality. Cause: A skydiver's...
- Date: February 18, 2024
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A skydiver's reserve parachute opened inadvertently and he hit the horizontal stabilizer, severing it. The pilot could not leave the aircraft because he had no parachute (SUST).
A skydiver's reserve parachute deployed inadvertently inside a Skydive Grenchen PAC 750XL, pulled him out of the door and into the horizontal stabilizer, severing it. The aircraft became uncontrollable and crashed in a field 900 meters from the airfield. The pilot, who was not wearing a parachute, died.