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Pilatus Porter History
by Markus Herzig		 S/N 337
The very first Pilatus PC-6 Porter built
Photo courtesy by Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG		 A real adventure in 1960
Photo by M.Eiselin - courtesy by PVA		 Damaged at the Dambuschpass in Nepal
Photo by E.Saxer -courtesy by PVA
S/N: 337 Built: 1959 TSN: 246
Registration Type Operator / Owner From To Remarks
HB-FAN PC-6 Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG 1959-05 1959-12-01 1st prototype, ff 4-May-59
HB-FAN PC-6 Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG (Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition) 1959-12-01 1960-05-16 "Yeti", dbr 5.5.60 in Nepal
           
During the Swiss Dhaulagiri Himalaya Expedition the PC-6 made the world record of the highest landing of a fixed wing aircraft. After a landing accident on May 5, 1960, HB-FAN has been left there on an altitude of 5200m - where it rest until today. 
HB-FAN is taking off from a camp in the Himalaya
Photo by M.Eiselin - courtesy by PVA		  "Yeti" high up in the Himalaya
Photo by E.Saxer -courtesy by PVA		 Yeti lying in a mountain river a year after its crash
Photo by Don Messerschmidt © 1964
Resting in peace up in te Himalaya on 5200m
Photo courtesy by PVA		 Yeti lying in a mountain river a year after its crash
Photo by Don Messerschmidt © 1964
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