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Then twin engine airplane departed Perpignan-La Llabanère Airport on a private flight to Orléans, carrying one passenger and one pilot. On final approach to Orléans-Loiret Airport (ex Saint-Denis-de-l’Hôtel), the pilot encountered a loss of power on the left engine. He attempted an emergency landing when the airplane impacted trees and crash landed in a wooded area located about 3 km short of runway 23, bursting into flames. Both occupants escaped uninjured while the airplane was totally destroyed by a post crash fire.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the loss of power on the left engine could not be determined. The pilot, concentrating on monitoring the approach parameters, did not immediately realize the left engine malfunction. He noticed that the aircraft's rate of descent was too high to follow the standard approach slope. The pilot first attempted to go around and reconfigured the aircraft to do so by retracting the landing gear and flaps. In spite of these actions, the pilot noticed that the power delivered by the aircraft's engines did not allow him to recover the plane and understood, by being aware of the action of his right foot on the rudder pedal, that the power delivered by the left engine was abnormally low. Given the low height of the plane at the time of this observation, the pilot decided to land in the country. Contributing to the high rate of descent after the occurrence of the left engine malfunction was the fact that the drags were extended at the time the engine power decreased and the fact that the left propeller probably windmilling until the landing.

Final Report:

Crash of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain in Orléans

Date & Time: Mar 22, 2001 at 1835 LT

Type of aircraft:

Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain

Operator:

Registration:

PH-ABD

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Orléans - Paris

MSN:

31-7305048

YOM:

1973

Flight number:

TLP2B

Location:

Orléans-Loiret (Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel)

Loiret

Country:

France

Region:

Europe

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Captain / Total flying hours:

1110

Captain / Total hours on type:

688.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

327

Copilot / Total hours on type:

Aircraft flight hours:

9820

Circumstances:

On 22 March 2001 at about 17h35, the PA-31-350 Chieftain registered PH-ABD, call sign Tulip 2B, began its takeoff from runway 23 at Orléans-Saint Denis de l’Hôtel for an IFR departure to Paris-Le Bourget. The flight was passenger charter flight TLP2B. The pilot flying, who was the co-pilot seated in the left seat, was unable to perform the rotation. He aborted the takeoff but braking failed to stop the aircraft before the end of the runway. The runway surface was wet. Marks were left by the tyres from one hundred metres before the end of the runway. The aircraft ran across grass soaked with water. The nose gear broke and the aircraft came to a stop about one hundred and eighty metres after the end of the runway. The crew had forgotten to remove the flight control locking device.

Probable cause:

The accident was caused by the crew’s failure to perform pre-flight actions and checks relating to unblocking and free movement of the flight controls and flight control surfaces. This failure was able to develop to the point of being the cause of the accident as a result of the absence of precise CRM procedures.

Final Report:

Crash of a Transall C-160R in Chevilly

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1996

Type of aircraft:

Transall C-160

Operator:

Registration:

R155

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Orléans - Orléans

MSN:

R155

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Circumstances:

The crew was completing a local training at Orléans-Bricy AFB. Following several circuits, the crew was attempting a new approach by night when the aircraft struck power cables, lost height and crashed in a field located near Chevilly, few km from the runway threshold. All three crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. It was reported that the crew was forced to shut an engine down few seconds prior to the accident while flying in icing conditions. Despite the aircraft was established on the ILS, the crew was descending at an insufficient altitude. At the time of the accident, the visibility was limited.

Crash of a Lockheed 12A Electra Junior in Briare

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1971

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed 12 Electra Junior

Operator:

Michel Duc

Registration:

F-BHVT

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

1211

YOM:

1937

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Suffered a landing accident at Briare-Châtillon Airfield. There were no casualties but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DL Dakota 3 in Châtenoy: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1958

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

G-AGHP

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

MSN:

9408

YOM:

1943

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Circumstances:

While cruising at an altitude of 7,500 feet on a cargo flight, the crew contacted ATC and obtained the permission to descent to 5,500 feet due to thunderstorm activity. Shortly later, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Châtenoy, about 35 km east of Orléans. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and all three crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Loss of control following a in-flight structural failure due to turbulences causes by thunderstorm activity.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes IV/A in Pithiviers

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1952 at 2325 LT

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes

Operator:

Registration:

G-ALDB

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Blackbushe – Luqa – Fāyid

MSN:

81/3

YOM:

1949

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Circumstances:

The aircraft was performing a special flight from Blackbushe to Fāyid AFB in Egypt with an intermediate stop in Luqa, Malta, carrying 68 British soldiers and a crew of eight bound for Egypt to assist the troops after the coup done by General Nasser. For diplomatic reason, the aircraft was wearing the military WZ839 registration instead of the civil G-ALDB one. While flying south of Paris, the engine number four exploded. The propeller blades detached and hit the engine number three. In such conditions, the pilot-in-command reduced his altitude and attempted to divert to Pithiviers aerodrome for an emergency landing. Following a stable approach, the aircraft landed on a grassy runway and came to rest in flames. All 76 occupants were able to evacuate the cabin safely before the aircraft would be partially destroyed by fire. It is reported that some of the occupants were slightly injured.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the explosion on the engine number four could not be determined with certainty. However, it was reported that several components (among them the reduction gear pinion bearing) of the engine number four failed in flight, causing the propeller to detach and the engine to partially disintegrate.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52 in Cercottes: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1947 at 2327 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

Operator:

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

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Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Orléans – Chartres

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Six minutes after takeoff from Orléans-Bricy Airbase, while in initial climb, the three engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames in a wooded area located 2 km north of Cercottes. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (Escadron de Transport 3/61 Poitou):
Lt André Brisset,
Lt Yves Fouques,
Lt Bernard Couturier,
Lt Charles Nguyen Than,
Lt Pierre Bourdet,
Lt Lucien Turina,
Lt César Serbassi,
Sgt Charles Guinet.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7B Boston III near Orléans: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

Operator:

Registration:

W8394

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Crashed in unknown circumstances near Orléans while on a surveillance mission. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (418th Squadron):
F/O D. A. Carmichael,
P/O D. Q. Findlay,
W/O J. W. Robertson.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Fay-aux-Loges: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1940 at 0615 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

Operator:

Registration:

5J+GS

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Antwerp - Antwerp

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Circumstances:

The airplane was shot down by the pilot of a French fighter and crashed in Fay-aux-Loges. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt J. Reiners, pilot,
Uffz W. Püschel, radio operator,
Uffz R. Haase, air gunner,
Uffz W. Thier, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a French fighter.

Crash of an Amiot 354 in Orléans: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1940 at 1030 LT

Type of aircraft:

Amiot 354

Operator:

Registration:

I-073

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Orléans - Orléans

MSN:

YOM:

1940

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Circumstances:

The crew was completing a local training sortie preceding an important mission. Two minutes after takeoff, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located north of the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Jean Marie Joseph Basile Faure, pilot,
Lt Jean Joseph Spanolo, pilot,
Adj/C Marcel Roger René Dominé, radio operator,
Adj/C Charles Maurice Marie Harent, air gunner.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the accident could not be determined.

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