Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
17DEC2003 at 1030LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Registration
 
043
Location
 
Pic-du-Pioulou
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
Toulouse - Pamiers - Toulouse
 
Construction number
 
043
Year of manufacture
 
1996
     
Crew on board
 
4
Pax on board
 
3
Crew fatalities
 
4
Pax fatalities
 
3
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
7

Circumstances
   
 
On a flight from Toulouse-Francazal AFB, the aircraft was carrying 12 skydivers and 4 crew members. 9 skydivers jumped over Pamiers region before the aircraft continued its route over Pyrenees Mountains. While making a turn to gain the valley, the twin engine aircraft struck the mountain and desintegrated. The French Defense Ministery declared that it is possible that another aircraft was flying in the region in the mean time and bothered other crew.


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