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Date: | vendredi 22 juin 1962 |
Heure: | 04:03 |
Type/Sous-type: | Boeing 707-328 |
Compagnie: | Air France |
Immatriculation: | F-BHST |
Numéro de série: | 18247/274 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1962-02-23 (4 months) |
Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT4A- |
Equipage: | victimes: 10 / à bord: 10 |
Passagers: | victimes: 103 / à bord: 103 |
Total: | victimes: 113 / à bord: 113 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | 25 km (15.6 milles) WNW of Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport (PTP) ( Guadeloupe)
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Élévation des lieux de l'accident: | 427 m (1401 feet) amsl |
Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
Aéroport de départ: | Santa Maria-Vila do Porto Airport, Azores (SMA/LPAZ), Portugal |
Aéroport de destination: | Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport (PTP/TFFR), Guadeloupe |
Numéro de vol: | AF117 |
Détails:A Boeing 707-328, operated by Air France, was destroyed when it crashed into a hillside near Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. All 113 on board were killed.
The aircraft, named "Chateau de Chantilly", operated flight 117 from Paris-Orly (France) to Santiago (Chile) with en route stops at Lisbon (Portugal), Santa Maria (Azores), Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), Caracas (Venezuela), Bogotá (Colombia) and Lima (Peru).
The VOR at Le Raizet Airport was unserviceable when the flight approached Guadeloupe at night. Weather conditions were poor; a violent thunderstorm existed in the area and visibility was 10 km and a ceiling of 1000 feet within the squall. The crew reported over the NDB at 5000 feet and carried out a turn back towards the east to begin its final approach. Incorrect ADF indications, as a result of the thunderstorm, caused the plane to stray 15 km off the procedural let-down track. The Boeing 707 then crashed into a forest on a hill at an altitude of about 1400 feet.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: 1) Breakdown of the VOR; 2) insufficient meteorological information given to the crew; 3) the atmospheric effects on the ADF indicator.
Sources:
» Aviation Disasters / D. Gero
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Santa Maria-Vila do Porto Airport, Azores et Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport est de 4217 km (2636 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.