Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 16 MAY 2010 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Turbine Otter |
| Operator: | ArGo Airways |
| Registration: | SX-ARO |
| C/n / msn: | 397 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Biscarrosse/Parentis SPB (France) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Biscarrosse/Parentis SPB (LFBS), France |
| Biscarrosse/Parentis SPB (LFBS), France |
Nosed over during a water landing and came to rest upside down. The airplane operated as part of the 13e Rassemblement International d'Hydravions de Biscarrosse, a French seaplane meeting.
Sources:
» Biscarrosse : un hydravion bascule à l'amerissage
» Biscarrosse 2010 : Un Single Otter s'écrase sur le lac
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Biscarrosse/Parentis SPB (LFBS) to Biscarrosse/Parentis SPB (LFBS) as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
Distance from Biscarrosse/Parentis SPB (LFBS) to Biscarrosse/Parentis SPB (LFBS) as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
