Accident Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter N356F,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26361
 
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Date:Thursday 8 May 1969
Time:11:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic PC6T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:Fairchild Aircraft
Registration: N356F
MSN: F2014
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Asunción-Presidente Stroessner Airport (ASU) -   Paraguay
Phase: Take off
Nature:Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:Asunción-Presidente Stroessner Airport (ASU)
Destination airport:Asunción-Presidente Stroessner Airport (ASU)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Ran into a parked CV-240 during the take-off run and caught fire. Argentine pilot Ernesto Vagnoli and medic Prof Dr Luis Santiago Migone were killed. General Adrián Jara died of his injuries next day. General Andrés Rodríguez survived seriously injured.

Note: also reported all four occupants fatally injured and a fourth passenger (Lt Juan Félix Leon) was aboard, but confirmation missing

Sources:

La Nacion 10 May 1969, p19
http://www.pc-6.com/history/2014.htm
St. Petersburg Times 10 May 1969, p3A
https://www.mec.gov.py/cms_v2/recursos/9178-accidente-del-gral-adrian-jara

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
03-Nov-2009 10:54 RATONBIB Updated
21-Nov-2010 13:30 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Aug-2011 07:10 harro Updated [Source]
07-Dec-2016 18:14 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Dec-2016 18:19 TB Updated [Source]
27-Mar-2019 14:37 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Jan-2021 08:49 TB Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
21-Jun-2022 20:00 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
21-Jun-2022 20:56 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Jun-2022 21:00 TB Updated [Narrative]

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