Dambusch Pass - Pokhara

On May 5, 1960 at 10:16 AM, Dambusch Pass - Pokhara experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition, with the event recorded near Dambusch Pass Gandaki.

The flight was categorized as supply and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a supply mission to the Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition in the Himalaya Mountain Range and was leaving the Dambusch Pass to return to his base at Pokhara when the airplane crashed on takeoff. The right wing and the propeller were bent. While both crew members were uninjured, the airplane was abandoned in situ. Swiss people returned on site (5,200 meters high) in 1998 to recover the airplane that should repatriated in Switzerland. It is believed that a technical issue was the cause of the accident. Crew: Ernst Saxer, pilot, Emil Wick, copilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-FAN, MSN 337, year of manufacture 1959.