ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145446
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 05-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | 02:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III |
| Operator: | Transports Aériens Intercaraïbes |
| Registration: | F-GXES |
| C/n / msn: | 42-8001043 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | In sea between Tintamarre Island and Le Galion Beach -
 Guadeloupe
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | SFG/TFFG |
| FDF/TFFF |
A Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III, operated by Transports Aériens Intercaraïbes and performing an ambulance flight, was heading from L'Espérance Airport (also known as Grand Case Airport) - SFG/TFFG, St. Martin, to Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport - FDF/TFFF, Martinique, crashed shortly after takeoff in sea.
The aircraft was airborne at 02:39 LT and crashed approximately five minutes later about one nautical mile off coast between Tintamarre Island and Le Galion Beach, close to Orient Bay, St Martin, French Antilles.
All four occupants, a doctor, nurse, pilot, and the patient (a sick man from a cruise ship) didn't survive.
Sources:
http://www.sxmislandtime.com/component/k2/item/18455-air-ambulance-crash-saturday-morning-no-survivors.html
http://www.smn-news.com/st-maarten-st-martin-news/9285-breaking-news-air-ambulance-fell-close-to-st-barths-with-four-on-board.html
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/breaking-news/05/05/four-die-after-air-ambulance-crashes-near-st-maarten/
http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Saint-Martin-4-disparus-apres-le-crash-d-un-avion-sanitaire_6346-2073828-fils-tous_filDMA.Htm
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120507X00611&key=1
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/0/2/1137203.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2012 06:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-May-2012 06:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 05-May-2012 08:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2012 09:16 | Dmitriy | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2012 10:14 | 190.102.17.42 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-May-2012 11:08 | Dmitriy | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 01:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 01:15 | Dmitriy | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 02:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2012 11:01 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
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