2008 Madrid Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash
.jpg) EC-JXH, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed March 2008. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 May 2008 |
| Summary | Structural failure, Stall and |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Pilatus PC-6 |
| Operator | Skydive Lillo |
| Registration | EC-JXH |
| Flight origin | Lillo, Spain |
| Occupants | 10 |
| Passengers | 9 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Survivors | 8 |
On May 30, 2008, a chartered Pilatus PC-6 Porter crashed near Lillo after losing a wing. 2 of the people on board were killed.[1][2]
The plane was used the days before for a Honda's live skydiving TV commercial.[3]
Crash
The plane took off from Lillo to go on a skydiving drop. There was some strong turbulence before the crash and the plane also stalled. The plane crashed after losing a wing.[4]
Crew and Passengers
The pilot and one skydiver were killed in the crash. The skydiver was a Brazilian-born Briton, German Junior Alvares de Silva, from London. There were nine other skydivers onboard who survived the crash, four of them with injuries.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Crash of a Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter in Lillo: 2 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives".
- ↑ "Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter EC-JXH, Friday 30 May 2008".
- 1 2 Sweney, Mark (2 June 2008). "Plane used in Honda ad crashes in Spain". The Guardian.
- ↑ "PC-6 Crash near Toledo". PPRuNe Forums.