Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crashes

101 crashes involving the Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) since 1980, with 207 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 101
• Fatal crashes: 60
• Fatalities: 207
• First recorded: February 18, 1980
• Most recent: September 27, 2025

Deadliest

1. October 19, 2013: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Namur, Namur, Belgium (11 fatalities)
2. April 17, 2009: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mulia, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (11 fatalities)
3. April 19, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Potosí, Táchira, Venezuela (11 fatalities)
4. November 19, 1981: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Biratnagar, Koshi, Nepal (10 fatalities)
5. November 1, 1997: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Laon-Chambry, Aisne, France (9 fatalities)

Countries

• Thailand (11)
• France (9)
• Italy (8)
• Indonesia (7)
• Argentina (6)
• Australia (6)
• United States (6)
• Germany (5)
• Switzerland (5)
• Peru (4)
• Belgium (3)
• Colombia (3)

Years

• 1989 (6)
• 2002 (6)
• 1981 (5)
• 1982 (5)
• 1991 (5)
• 1980 (4)
• 1993 (4)
• 1986 (3)
• 1987 (3)
• 1995 (3)
• 1997 (3)
• 1998 (3)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

• September 27, 2025: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Moruya, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
• March 8, 2024: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Long Liku, North Kalimantan, Indonesia (1 fatality)
• October 29, 2023: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Breu, Ucayali, Peru (1 fatality)
• December 15, 2022: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Heraklion, Crete, Greece (1 fatality)
• August 30, 2022: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Johannesburg-Rand, Gauteng, South Africa (5 fatalities)
• August 21, 2021: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Maturín-José Tadeo Monagas (ex Quiriquire), Monagas, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• May 14, 2021: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ravenna-La Spreta, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (2 fatalities)
• September 20, 2020: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Livrasco, Lombardy, Italy (2 fatalities)
• March 5, 2019: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Wat Bang Sala, Songkhla, Thailand (0 fatalities)
• March 15, 2018: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Grenoble, Isère, France (0 fatalities)
• July 5, 2017: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Wamena, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (5 fatalities)
• May 20, 2017: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Cecina, Tuscany, Italy (0 fatalities)
• October 28, 2016: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Port Alsworth, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• June 19, 2016: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ferreira do Alentejo, Baixo Alentejo, Portugal (1 fatality)
• June 11, 2016: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Cecina, Tuscany, Italy (2 fatalities)
• October 28, 2015: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires City, Argentina (2 fatalities)
• October 19, 2013: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Namur, Namur, Belgium (11 fatalities)
• February 21, 2013: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Santa Lucía AFB, México, Mexico (2 fatalities)
• August 18, 2012: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Granville, Manche, France (0 fatalities)
• April 25, 2012: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Muaritan, West Kalimantan, Indonesia (2 fatalities)
• March 23, 2012: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Phanom Thuan, Kanchanaburi, Thailand (0 fatalities)
• September 22, 2011: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Yahatma, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (3 fatalities)
• April 2, 2011: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ravenna-La Spreta, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (0 fatalities)
• April 17, 2009: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mulia, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (11 fatalities)
• August 9, 2008: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ndundu, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (1 fatality)
• May 30, 2008: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Lillo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (2 fatalities)
• April 7, 2008: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Iquitos-Moronacocha, Loreto, Peru (0 fatalities)
• April 14, 2007: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Casas de Los Pinos, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (0 fatalities)
• March 29, 2006: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Chanthaburi, Chanthaburi, Thailand (4 fatalities)
• October 3, 2005: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), DeLand, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 6, 2005: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Prachuap Khiri Khan, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (1 fatality)
• July 16, 2005: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Brasilito, Guanacaste (North Pacific), Costa Rica (6 fatalities)
• September 6, 2003: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Las Lomitas, Formosa, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• August 28, 2003: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Vigo Park, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 15, 2002: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany, Italy (1 fatality)
• June 9, 2002: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Namur, Namur, Belgium (1 fatality)
• June 1, 2002: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Breitscheid, Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
• March 15, 2002: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Marana-Regional, Arizona, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• January 29, 2002: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Altenrhein, Saint Gallen, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
• January 18, 2002: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Bugalaga, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• June 26, 2001: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, France (0 fatalities)
• June 13, 2000: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Bremgarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (0 fatalities)
• April 8, 2000: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Breitscheid, Hesse, Germany (2 fatalities)
• December 26, 1999: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Cumiana, Piedmont, Italy (2 fatalities)
• August 2, 1999: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• April 24, 1999: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Haifa, Haifa District, Israel (4 fatalities)
• November 19, 1998: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha, Nepal (1 fatality)
• August 22, 1998: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Iquitos-Moronacocha, Loreto, Peru (0 fatalities)
• January 31, 1998: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Durba, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• November 12, 1997: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Boltigen, Bern, Switzerland (5 fatalities)
• November 1, 1997: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Laon-Chambry, Aisne, France (9 fatalities)
• August 29, 1997: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Puerto Inírida, Guainía, Colombia (9 fatalities)
• November 11, 1995: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Bangkok, Bangkok City District, Thailand (0 fatalities)
• July 30, 1995: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Spa-La Sauvenière, Liege, Belgium (1 fatality)
• April 18, 1995: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Tehran, Tehran City District, Iran (1 fatality)
• July 9, 1994: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Raeford, North Carolina, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 24, 1993: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mitú-Fabio Alberto León Bentley, Vaupés, Colombia (3 fatalities)
• June 21, 1993: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Awsard, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara (3 fatalities)
• June 1, 1993: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Pastaza, Pastaza, Ecuador (1 fatality)
• April 27, 1993: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mt Finsteraarhorn, Bern, Switzerland (3 fatalities)
• September 19, 1992: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Capahuari, Pastaza, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• July 11, 1992: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
• November 15, 1991: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (3 fatalities)
• November 12, 1991: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Jaspers Brush, New South Wales, Australia (2 fatalities)
• November 9, 1991: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Lobos, Buenos Aires province, Argentina (6 fatalities)
• July 16, 1991: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ottawa-Macdonald-Cartier, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
• February 6, 1991: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand (0 fatalities)
• November 21, 1990: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Iquitos, Loreto, Peru (0 fatalities)
• July 17, 1990: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Goombungee, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• July 29, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), La Ferté-Gaucher, Seine-et-Marne, France (3 fatalities)
• June 14, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Lyon-Corbas, Rhône, France (0 fatalities)
• May 17, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Kuala Lumpur-Subang-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Selangor, Malaysia (6 fatalities)
• May 17, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Hassfurt, Bavaria, Germany (1 fatality)
• April 19, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Potosí, Táchira, Venezuela (11 fatalities)
• January 5, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Muang, Trat, Thailand (2 fatalities)
• April 21, 1988: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Lens-Bénifontaine, Pas-de-Calais, France (9 fatalities)
• July 29, 1987: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
• June 25, 1987: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Guapi-Juan Casiano Solis, Cauca, Colombia (3 fatalities)
• April 18, 1987: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy (0 fatalities)
• September 5, 1986: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• May 9, 1986: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ampfing-Waldkraiburg, Bavaria, Germany (1 fatality)
• February 7, 1986: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Usillon, Haute-Savoie, France (1 fatality)
• December 4, 1985: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Al Furt, Shabwah, Yemen (0 fatalities)
• September 15, 1984: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Nong Bua Tai, Tak, Thailand (8 fatalities)
• June 27, 1984: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ferlach-Glainach, Carinthia, Austria (7 fatalities)
• December 18, 1983: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Point Cook (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia (1 fatality)
• October 3, 1982: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Triengen, Lucerne, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
• August 5, 1982: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Tambon Rin Tai, Chiang Mai, Thailand (0 fatalities)
• July 31, 1982: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Monte Cristo, Córdoba, Argentina (2 fatalities)
• July 26, 1982: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Khok Samrong, Lop Buri, Thailand (2 fatalities)
• January 25, 1982: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ecuador, All Ecuador, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• December 11, 1981: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Guatemala, All Guatemala, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
• November 19, 1981: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Biratnagar, Koshi, Nepal (10 fatalities)
• September 21, 1981: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Weipa, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• March 9, 1981: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Q5 A-103 Oil Field, Al Wahat, Libya (2 fatalities)
• February 15, 1981: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Sibson, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 28, 1980: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Oakey, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• June 4, 1980: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Umphang, Tak, Thailand (9 fatalities)
• May 11, 1980: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Sévignacq, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (1 fatality)