Colombier – Ecuvillens

On September 21, 2008 at 01:28 PM, Colombier – Ecuvillens experienced a crash involving PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation, operated by Paravia, with the event recorded near Pont-en-Ogoz Fribourg.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Beromünster, the single engine aircraft landed at Colombier Airport where 17 skydivers boarded the plane on a flight to Ecuvillens. While overflying the region of Gruyere, all 17 skydivers jumped. Few minutes later, while descending to Ecuvillens, the pilot encountered marginale weather conditions with limited visibility due to stratus up to the altitude of 1,060 metres. While flying under VFR mode in IMC conditions, the aircraft collided with trees and crashed the forest of Gibloux, near Pont-en-Ogoz. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and both occupants, one pilot and one female passenger, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZK-JPP, MSN 106, year of manufacture 2003.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.6882°, 7.0767°.