Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 16 OCT 2001 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: | Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette |
| Operator: | EADS |
| Registration: | F-BUQN |
| C/n / msn: | 3 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT15D-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) (France)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS/LFBO), France |
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Takeoff was commenced on runway 33, which was wet. Some 200 m later the Corvette veered to the right. It left the runway 0500 m from the brake release point but the crew was able to steer the plane back onto the runway. It finally stopped after the front landing gear collapsed. The landing gear, wings and engines were damaged.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
