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Pilatus Porter History
by Markus Herzig
S/N 625

S/N: 625 Built: 1967 TSN: -
Registration Type Operator / Owner From To Remarks
HB-KOA PC-8D Twin Porter Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG 1967-11-28 1969-12 serial number 1001 
           
The frame of #625 was used for the Pilatus PC-8D Twin Porter prototype HB-KOA #1001. The first flight was on November 28, 1967. Due to quite bad flying characteristics the project was cancelled in January 1969. The aircraft has been scrapped.

Presented at the Le Bourget airshow in 1968
Photo by Nicky Scherrer © 1968
During another testflight
Photo by Pilatus Flugzeugwerke © 1968
HB-KOA is taking off at Buochs for a test flight
Photo by Pilatus Flugzeugwerke © 1967

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