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Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo Porter HB-FIS of Air Glaciers operated by “Accademia di Paracadutismo - Area Delta 47”. Casale Monferrato Airport, December 20, 1986. It is one of several PC-6-H2 Porters with a piston engine, later modified with the installation of a PT6A-27 turbine. Built in 1968 with construction number 685, it was initially used by the KLM Aerocarto with the registration PH-OTE. Luciano Bertolo and Gianni Siccardi saw it at Rotterdam during their Europa Tour 1971. From 1976 to 1986 the Porter was active in the USA with registration N4926. The Swiss Farner Air Service converted it into a Turbo Porter in 1986 and delivered it to Air Glaciers in Sion, which immediately rented it to the “Accademia di Paracadutismo” in Casale Monferrato. Here, on April 18, 1987, the aircraft was severely damaged while landing on the grass runway of the Piedmont airport. Fortunately, the pilot was unharmed. (Aeromedia)
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