Incident Pilatus PC-6 Porter HB-FAP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83002
 
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Date:Friday 20 August 1965
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Owner/operator:Aé.C.S. Section du Valais
Registration: HB-FAP
MSN: 339
Year of manufacture:1959
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Glacier des Audannes -   Switzerland
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Sion
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed on landing on Wildhorn* glacier. Pilot Bruno Nagnieaud.

Sources:

http://www.pc-6.com/history/339.htm
La Stampa 22 August 1965, p5*

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Nov-2010 10:24 TB Added
24-Sep-2012 10:31 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative]
16-Feb-2016 19:37 TB Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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