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Crash of a Piper PA-46-310P Malibu in Corcelles-les-Monts: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 9, 2004 at 1418 LT
Registration:
N20VP
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Ostend - La Chassagne
MSN:
46-8408062
YOM:
1984
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Captain / Total flying hours:
2958
Captain / Total hours on type:
300.00
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Ostend Airport, Belgium, on a flight to the private airstrip of Château La Chassagne located about 21 km west of the Dijon-Longvic Airport. The flight from Ostend to Dijon was completed under IFR rules and was uneventful. After being cleared to continue under VFR to La Chassagne, the pilot cancelled the IFR flight plan and was cleared for a descent to runway 36. Visibility was 10 km, rain, ceiling at 800 feet and minimum safe altitude at 3,300 feet. The pilot informed ATC he was descending to runway 18 and left the frequency. Shortly later, at an altitude of 1,700 feet, the aircraft struck the southeast slope of Mt Afrique located in Corcelle-les-Monts. The wreckage was found in a wooded area and all four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The accident was the result of a controlled flight into terrain following the obstinacy of the pilot to continue the descent in adverse weather conditions. It was also reported that the medical certificate, related to the pilot's license issued by the United States in 2002, was obtained on the basis of a false declaration, omitting the elements that had previously justified unfitness in Belgium.
Final Report:

Crash of a Farman F.140 Super Goliath in Corcelles-les-Monts: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1930 at 2325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-2
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Chartres - Dijon
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was on approach to Dijon-Longvic Airport at night. While cruising at a height of 800 metres, the pilot encountered control problems and asked his colleagues to join him in the front of the cabin. Suddenly, the aircraft stalled from the tail. Two crew bailed out when the aircraft entered a dive and crashed in a wooded area located in Corcelles-les-Monts, some 7 km west of Dijon. The four crew members who remained in the cabin were killed while both others were slightly injured.
Crew:
Adj/C Marcel Reiniche, pilot,
Adj André Maillefaud, gunner,
Adj Pécatte, mechanic,
Sgt Vieillot, radio.
Probable cause:
Loss of control on approach due to the failure of an elevator control cable. It appears that the elevator eventually broke off.