Breitscheid - Breitscheid

On June 1, 2002 at 11:56 AM, Breitscheid - Breitscheid experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by D-FEAR GmbH, with the event recorded near Breitscheid Hesse.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 9 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: 8, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Breitscheid Airfield, while climbing to a height of about 10-15 metres, the single engine airplane stalled and crashed beside the runway. All nine occupants (eight skydivers and one pilot) were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-FEAR, MSN 748, year of manufacture 1975.

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