Pilatus plane crashes

138 crashes involving Pilatus aircraft since 1980, with 342 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 138
Fatal crashes: 86
Fatalities: 342
First recorded: February 18, 1980
Most recent: June 28, 2026

Deadliest

March 22, 2009: Pilatus PC-12, Butte, Montana, USA, United States (14 fatalities)
June 28, 2026: Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter, Tomblaine, France (11 fatalities)
October 19, 2013: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Namur, Namur, Belgium (11 fatalities)
April 17, 2009: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mulia, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (11 fatalities)
April 19, 1989: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Potosí, Táchira, Venezuela (11 fatalities)

Models

Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) (101)
Pilatus PC-12 (36)

Countries

Years

2002 (7)
1989 (6)
1998 (6)
2012 (6)
2017 (6)
1981 (5)
1982 (5)
1991 (5)
2009 (5)
2023 (5)
1980 (4)
1993 (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

June 28, 2026: Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter, Tomblaine, France (11 fatalities)
September 27, 2025: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Moruya, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
July 26, 2024: Pilatus PC-12, Gillette, Wyoming, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
March 8, 2024: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Long Liku, North Kalimantan, Indonesia (1 fatality)
February 17, 2024: Pilatus PC-12, Courchevel, Savoie, France (0 fatalities)
December 14, 2023: Pilatus PC-12, San Angelo-Mathis Field, Texas, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
November 21, 2023: Pilatus PC-12, Kasabonika, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 29, 2023: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Breu, Ucayali, Peru (1 fatality)
April 17, 2023: Pilatus PC-12, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (0 fatalities)
February 24, 2023: Pilatus PC-12, Stagecoach, Nevada, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
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)
February 13, 2022: Pilatus PC-12, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
October 3, 2021: Pilatus PC-12, Milan-Linate, Lombardy, Italy (8 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)
November 6, 2020: Pilatus PC-12, Pacific Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
September 20, 2020: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Livrasco, Lombardy, Italy (2 fatalities)
April 23, 2020: Pilatus PC-12, Mesquite Metro, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 30, 2019: Pilatus PC-12, Chamberlain, South Dakota, USA, United States (9 fatalities)
March 5, 2019: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Wat Bang Sala, Songkhla, Thailand (0 fatalities)
May 1, 2018: Pilatus PC-12, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil (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)
April 28, 2017: Pilatus PC-12, Amarillo-Rick Husband, Texas, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
March 14, 2017: Pilatus PC-12, Cannon AFB (Clovis), New Mexico, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
March 8, 2017: Pilatus PC-12, Cat Cay, Bimini, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
March 5, 2017: Pilatus PC-12, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand (1 fatality)
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)
January 6, 2016: Pilatus PC-12, Savannah, Georgia, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
October 28, 2015: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires City, Argentina (2 fatalities)
April 24, 2015: Pilatus PC-12, Ciudad Acuña-El Bonito, Coahuila, Mexico (0 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)
January 16, 2013: Pilatus PC-12, Burlington-Alamance, North Carolina, USA, United States (1 fatality)
August 24, 2012: Pilatus PC-12, Solemont, Doubs, France (4 fatalities)
August 18, 2012: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Granville, Manche, France (0 fatalities)
June 7, 2012: Pilatus PC-12, Lake Wales, Florida, USA, United States (6 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)
February 18, 2012: Pilatus PC-12, Djibouti City, Djibouti City District, Djibouti (4 fatalities)
September 22, 2011: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Yahatma, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (3 fatalities)
May 25, 2011: Pilatus PC-12, Faridabad, Haryana, India (10 fatalities)
April 2, 2011: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ravenna-La Spreta, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (0 fatalities)
February 8, 2011: Pilatus PC-12, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa (9 fatalities)
October 16, 2009: Pilatus PC-12, Weert, Limburg, Netherlands (2 fatalities)
July 5, 2009: Pilatus PC-12, Raphine, Virginia, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
April 17, 2009: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mulia, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (11 fatalities)
March 22, 2009: Pilatus PC-12, Butte, Montana, USA, United States (14 fatalities)
January 11, 2009: Pilatus PC-12, Hayden-Yampa Valley, Colorado, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
September 29, 2008: Pilatus PC-12, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, United States (1 fatality)
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)
June 24, 2006: Pilatus PC-12, Big Timber, Montana, USA, United States (2 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)
March 27, 2005: Pilatus PC-12, State College-University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (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)
September 14, 2002: Pilatus PC-12, Westphalia, Missouri, USA, United States (2 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)
July 8, 2001: Pilatus PC-12, Sea of Okhotsk, All Russia, Russia (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)
May 26, 1998: Pilatus PC-12, Brno-Tuřany, South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj), Czech Republic (2 fatalities)
May 18, 1998: Pilatus PC-12, Clarenville, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
February 13, 1998: Pilatus PC-12, Ngong, Kajiado, Kenya (9 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)