Breitscheid - Breitscheid

On April 8, 2000 at 06:52 PM, Breitscheid - Breitscheid experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by Imaginair, with the event recorded near Breitscheid Hesse.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is other causes. The single engine airplane departed Breitscheid Airfield on a local skydiving flight. Once the appropriate altitude was reached, 11 skydivers jumped out and the pilot returned to the airfield with another passenger on board. On final approach, at an altitude of about 280 metres, the parachute of the passenger mistakenly opened in the cockpit. The passenger was caught outside the cabin and collided with the elevators. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field located 1,500 metres short of runway 07 threshold. The aircraft was totally destroyed and the pilot and the passenger were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-FMC, MSN 938, year of manufacture 2000.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.6883°, 8.1852°.