Cumiana - Cumiana

On December 26, 1999 at 12:00 AM, Cumiana - Cumiana experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by Giovanni Beretta, with the event recorded near Cumiana Piedmont.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The single engine aircraft was completing a local skydiving flight on behalf of the Skydiving Club of Cumiana. In flight, the aircraft encountered atmospheric turbulences when a wing detached. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field. Two occupants were killed and two others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-FKJ, MSN 895, year of manufacture 1993.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.9797°, 7.3767°.