2008 Madrid Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash
Skydive Lillo Pilatus PC-6 · Structural failure, Stall and
From Lillo, Spain to an unrecorded destination
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 2 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 10
- Survivors
- 8
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
Pilatus PC-6
- Aircraft type
- Pilatus PC-6
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- EC-JXH
- Operator
- Skydive Lillo
- Onboard fatalities
- 2
- Route
- From Lillo, SpainTo not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: Lillo, Spain, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On May 30, 2008, a chartered Pilatus PC-6 Porter crashed near Lillo after losing a wing. 2 of the people on board were killed.
The plane was used the days before for a Honda's live skydiving TV commercial.
Crash
The plane took off from Lillo to go on a skydiving drop. There was some strong turbulence before the crash and the plane also stalled. The plane crashed after losing a wing.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2008 Madrid Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash
- Revision
- 1361548961 · 2026-06-28 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q139552286
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2008 Madrid Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash" (page 79411966, revision 1361548961)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A skydiving centre's aircraft flying a parachute drop: general aviation. The article: "The plane took off from Lillo to go on a skydiving drop."
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.