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NTSB accident investigation · Pilatus PC6 · Tomblaine, France · June 28, 2026

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
June 28, 2026, 10:57 local (08:57 UTC)
Place
Tomblaine, France
Injuries
11 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
D-FIPSPilatus PC6
Defining event
Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Hartzell Propeller Inc., BEA, FAA
Case key
203296

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
D-FIPS
Reported as
Pilatus PC6 (B2H4)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
874
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Skydiving · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
LFSN · Nancy–Essey Airport, runway 21, unknown

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
240° at 11 knots
Visibility
6 statute miles
Temperature
86 °F, dew point 63 °F
Observed at
LFSO, 12 nm away
METAR
METAR LFSO 280900Z AUTO 24011KT 210V270 CAVOK 30/17 Q1021