Pilatus Porter PC-6 - Testflights, last ever built PC-6 - 25./26.8.2022 Airport Buochs

Testflights from last ever built PC-6 at Airport Buochs.
sn 1019, HB-FBE, to be PK-SNF
25.08.2022:
00:00 First Flight
00:54 Landing
01:44 Second Flight
26.08.2022:
03:40 3rd Flight
04:12 Landing
05:07 4th Flight with fuel tanks
05:53 Landing, taxing back to Hangar 10
17.08.2022:
07:37 On compass-swing

[@space1commander]

Beautiful Bush Bird, in my bucket list after winning the Lottery:).

[@45631063]

great ! wonderful show! device the Pilatus Porter PC-6! Very nice plane! awesome ! very nice demonstration.

[@naughtyUphillboy]

It should re-enter production.

[@AnthonyNobel]

Maybe the best STOL Plane ever build. Greets from Winterthur

[@mysteryY2K]

either that or the Twin Otter

[@45631063]

super spectacle formidable appareil le Pilatus Porter PC-6 Très bel avion génial !

[@petemulhearn7787]

I've taken off as a passenger in one of these a number of times but never landed in one. 🙂

[@maesc2001]

And I’ve thrown out some and got on the ground before them 😅

[@SyNcLife]

I landed 3 times 😂

[@rudert56]

Great jump plane.

[@tuky3610]

Espectacular, el mejor, gracias por compartir.

[@flatiron53]

The PC-6 is a Stud!

[@kittytrail]

looks like you've been spotted by the small birdie crossing the runway at 1:50... 😉

[@haumvaj5065]

wow ! very short landing and take of

[@lornecunningham326]

At least someone got to play with it before it ditched in the sea

[@mariorealini6988]

Apparecchio storico: l' ultimo costruito da Pilatus. Acquirente e' una compagnia indonesiana. Consegna ufficiale: questo mese di novembre. E' certamente il piu' noto tipo di aereo made in Switzerland!!!

[@pilotdinos]

It crashed today 4nm east of my home airport in Heraklion Greece. The pilot is safe but the passenger is dead. The pilot reported engine problem. After completing a right turn to return to the airport, the airplane lost height and speed then stalled and crashed into the sea. Such a new engine how is it possible for engine malfunction

[@handgun12]

What a tragedy! First and foremost for the person who lost their life and also for the last PC-6 built. I think it's too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the accident. I think the investigative authorities of Greece will do a good and professional job and determine the cause of the accident over time. RIP 🙏🏼

[@daveblevins3322]

It's rare, but I've had the same experience with a helicopter. The engine is built by humans, and even though we have safety standards, it still happens.

[@nyuscdjs]

Could also have been contaminated fuel, not an engine failure.

[@terryterry1655]

any support from Pilatus for spare parts?

[@inspiredartphotos]

Pardon my ignorance but this version sounds like it has a fixed shaft turbo prop like a Garret. I have extensive time in Twin Otters with both the PT6 dash 20 and 27. Twin Otters were the 100, 200 and the 300. The PT6 power plants were rock solid. The other power plants I flew like the Garret and Allison’s had issues like being temperature limited way before their TBO’s and had other issues like FOD and Inlet icing. When did the Porters move away from the PT6? I had over 9000 hours of reliable PT6 time before moving to flying jets exclusively. I had three engine failures or mandatory shutdowns in the next 11,000 hours of jet flying. So I am very partial to Pratt and Whitney. The inertial flow separation design is tops in a bush environment.

[@kickinit8314]

It's a PT6

[@Mj_Official83]

SMART Air From indonesia

[@theohess3242]

Welche vollkommen verblödete GL lässt ein Erfolgsmodell EXTRA nicht mehr bauen? Ich kenne zwar die Zahlen nicht, aber mir wäre kein Nachfolgemodell bekannt. Also Klartext - was ist los bei euch?

[@NoPro420]

es kommt ein nachfolger LG pilatus mitarbeiter ;)

[@556suppressor]

Probably less expensive than a PC-12. Waiting for my money to arrive.

[@dtsh4451]

What is “Least build”? Newly build? Or refurbished?

[@kriensnet]

Completely new built

[@dtsh4451]

@@kriensnet great, I thought Pilatus stopped building PC-6 a while back! Great to see they are still churning out new ones👍

[@nathangraham4241]

I think it's supposed to be the last not least.

[@ameperdue6953]

That is *NOT* the last ever built PC-6. An Indonesian airline was the customer for the last ever built PC-6. Those are *NOT* Indonesian rego numbers and livery.

[@johnfisher7143]

Boy, those comments were hastily made and dead wrong. Do a simple google search and you’ll see it’s owned by Smart Aviation (Indonesia). You absolute Wally 😂😂😂

[@andimilan5348]

​​@@johnfisher7143you're right. He did not know that his registration number would be changed to PK (ICAO reg for Indonesia) later. He also did not know that the livery of the aircraft was a livery of Smart Aviation Indonesia as the orderer. Unfortunately this plane failed to be delivered because it crashed with 1 fatality in Greece while being transported via ferry flight to Indonesia. This video is a copy of the official video from Pilatus. The Pilatus channel containing this video has also been removed due to the accident. RIP to the victims.

[@tobberfutooagain2628]

Get a life….

[@Well_Edumacated]

i will never understand why companies stop building the products they are most known for.

[@nathangraham4241]

You might want to edit the title of this video to last not least.

[@kriensnet]

Thanks!

[@hiralaldarragh6645]

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