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Date: | Thursday 24 July 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2 Turbo Porter |
Owner/operator: | Ciba-Pilatus Aerial Spraying |
Registration: | HB-FEL |
MSN: | 673 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tegal -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Tegal |
Destination airport: | Tegal |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed.
The a/c in question was making a test flight with two Swiss engineers as pilot and co-pilot, who died. A Javanese ground crew member was also aboard, he survived although badly hurt.
Sources:
http://www.pc-6.com/history/673.htm Eye-witness (self). On airfield setting up ground/air radio before a spraying flight. I was interviewed some weeks after the accident by a British official who I believe may have been with the UK CAA.
Images:
Date of the crash and on Tegal airstrip
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Nov-2010 05:49 |
TB |
Added |
25-Sep-2012 08:20 |
TB |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
21-Nov-2020 11:09 |
Roger Basford |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |