ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26570
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| Date: | Saturday 2 September 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-6 Porter |
| Owner/operator: | Pilatus Flugzeugwerke, opf. Air Alpes |
| Registration: | HB-FAZ |
| MSN: | 343 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Col du Dome du Gouter, Mont-Blanc -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on Glacier des Bossons; both crew Michel Ziegler and Robert Merlotz survived; engine and propeller salvaged 16 June 2001.
Sources:
http://www.pc-6.com/history/343.htm
http://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=chamonix--pilatus&lang=fr
http://pilatus-history-and-news.blogspot.com/
Passauer Neue Presse 5 September 1961, p3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Nov-2010 14:17 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2010 19:05 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2010 15:29 | TB | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2011 02:09 | ageneve | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Oct-2011 02:42 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Oct-2014 08:43 | TB | Updated [Source] |
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