Sion - Glacier des Audannes

On August 20, 1965 at 12:00 AM, Sion - Glacier des Audannes experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by Aéroclub de Suisse, with the event recorded near Glacier des Audannes Valais.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

For unknown reason, the single engine aircraft crashed upon landing on the Glacier des Audannes located about 14 km north of Sion Airport. While all eight occupants escaped uninjured, the airplane was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-FAP, MSN 339, year of manufacture 1959.