2008 Madrid Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash

March 2025 2008 aviation accident Pilatus PC-6 SkydiveLillo JD18032008 (cropped).jpg 1.15 EC-JXH, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed March 2008. 2008 05 30 y Structural failure, Stall and Accident Lillo, Madrid, Spain 2 Pilatus PC-6 Skydive Lillo EC-JXH 10 9 1 8 Lillo, Spain 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.https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-pilatus-pc-6b2-h4-turbo-porter-lillo-2-killed Crash of a Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter in Lillo: 2 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/20232 Accident Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter EC-JXH, Friday 30 May 2008 The plane was used the days before for a Honda's live skydiving TV commercial.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/02/advertising.spain Plane used in Honda ad crashes in Spain The Guardian 2 June 2008 Sweney Mark 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.https://www.pprune.org/space-flight-operations/329247-pc-6-crash-near-toledo.html PC-6 Crash near Toledo PPRuNe Forums Crew and Passengers The pilot and one skydiver were killed in the crash. The skydiver was a Brazilian-born Briton, German Junior Alvares de Silva, from London. There were nine other skydivers onboard who survived the crash, four of them with injuries. See also List of accidents and incidents involving non-commercial flights References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Spain Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2008 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Pilatus PC-6 Porter Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by in-flight structural failure