ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32380
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| Date: | Thursday 26 May 1994 |
| Time: | 11:55 |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise |
| Owner/operator: | Air Oceania Tahiti |
| Registration: | F-GDHV |
| MSN: | 779SA |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4nm from Papeete-Faaa Airport,Tahiti -
 French Polynesia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Rarotonga International Airport. Aurua, Cook Islands (RAR/NCRG) |
| Papeete-Faaa Airport, Papeete, Tahiti (PPT/NTAA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed into the sea during the final stage of an ILS approach to Runway 04 at Faaa International Airport, Papeete, Tahiti. French Polynesia. The point of impact was some 4 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The accident happened in darkness (just before midnight) but in clear weather; visibility 10 km; scattered cloud at 2,000 feet. and wind, North-Easterly at 4 to 5 knots.
Last contact with the flight, just before the crash, was when the pilot reported (airfield) 'in sight'. There were no indications of any problems and no distress call was received. The aircraft was operating a MEDEVAC flight from Rarotonga, Cook Islands. All five persons on board (pilot, patient, and three medical personnel) were killed.
It is reported that the wreckage of F-GDHV was never located. However, as at 2016 (22 years later) the French civil registration F-GDHV is still current and has never been cancelled.
Sources:
1. Book: L'aviation à Tahiti, édit by Polymages, written by Jean-Louis Saquet, page 121
2. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=mu2&af=736
3. http://aviation-le-havre.over-blog.com/2015/04/le-mitsubishi-mu-2.html
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20120928112413/http://www.immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr:80/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Aug-2013 15:43 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2013 17:43 | wf | Updated [Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2013 06:14 | wf | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2016 19:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2016 16:44 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 24-May-2018 14:44 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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