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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
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ostend - La Chassagne
MSN:
46-8408062
YOM:
1984
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
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 SNCAC NC.701 Martinet at Dijon-Longvic AFB
Date & Time:
May 3, 1955
Operator:
Registration:
F-UGDE
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
88
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash landed at Dijon-Longvic AFB (BA 102). The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while all four crew members were unhurt.
Crew:
Lt Lales,
Lt Jeannin,
Lt Saubot,
Sgt Weiss.
Crew:
Lt Lales,
Lt Jeannin,
Lt Saubot,
Sgt Weiss.
Crash of a Fairchild C-82 Packet near Châtillon-sur-Seine
Date & Time:
Jan 16, 1953
Operator:
Registration:
45-57772
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
10142
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Both engines failed in flight, forcing the crew to bail out and to abandon the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field. All six crew members were uninjured.
Probable cause:
Dual engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.
Crash of a Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman in Dijon
Date & Time:
Jul 2, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
44-70349
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
614
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reason at Dijon-Longvic Airfield. The pilot Joseph L. Price Jr. was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor near Dijon: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 27, 1944 at 2030 LT
Operator:
Registration:
NA+WN
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stuttgart – Barcelona
MSN:
0021
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
En route from Stuttgart to Barcelona, while cruising over Dijon, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF Bristol Beaufighter and crashed in a pasture. All nine occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a RAF fighter.
