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An Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette corporate jet, registration OY-SBS, operated by Sterling Airways from Denmark, was destroyed when it crashed into the sea near Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), France. The eight passengers and both crew members were killed.
Flight NB4133 departed Copenhagen on the day of the accident on a flight to Stockholm. Three passengers embarked and the flight continued to Coventry-Baginton Airport (CVT), UK. The airplane was refueled and another six passengers embarked. The flight departed at 14:30 and continued to Nice at an altitude of FL290. The descent for Nice was uneventful until 18:02 local time at FL200 when the airplane suffered a double engine fire. The crew reported an emergency and were cleared direct to Nice for an emergency landing. Nice Approach vectored the crew for an emergency landing at Nice runway 05. The airplane was on finals when it crashed into the sea about 1 km from the runway.
CAUSES DE L'ACCIDENT: "L'accident resulte de l'impact de l'avion en mer à la suite d'une perte de contrôle en dernier virage, les deux moteurs etant êteinis.
L'extinction definitive du moteur gauche provient d'une rupture mécanique du pignon d'entrainement des accessoires.
Le moteur droit n'a pas pu être renfloué, et les causes de son extinction définitive restent indéterminées."
accident date: 03-09-1979
type: Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette
registration: OY-SBS
accident date: 03-09-1979
type: Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette
registration: OY-SBS
accident date: 03-09-1979
type: Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette
registration: F-BVPE
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | lundi 3 septembre 1979 |
| Heure: | 18:20 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette |
| Compagnie: | Sterling Airways |
| Immatriculation: | OY-SBS |
| Numéro de série: | 21 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1975 |
| Heures de vol: | 5161 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / Ã bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 8 / Ã bord: 8 |
| Total: | victimes: 10 / Ã bord: 10 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 1 km (0.6 milles) SW de Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) ( France)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Charter International |
| Aéroport de départ: | Coventry-Baginton Airport (CVT/EGBE), Royaume Uni |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN), France | |
| Numéro de vol: | 4133 |
An Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette corporate jet, registration OY-SBS, operated by Sterling Airways from Denmark, was destroyed when it crashed into the sea near Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), France. The eight passengers and both crew members were killed.
Flight NB4133 departed Copenhagen on the day of the accident on a flight to Stockholm. Three passengers embarked and the flight continued to Coventry-Baginton Airport (CVT), UK. The airplane was refueled and another six passengers embarked. The flight departed at 14:30 and continued to Nice at an altitude of FL290. The descent for Nice was uneventful until 18:02 local time at FL200 when the airplane suffered a double engine fire. The crew reported an emergency and were cleared direct to Nice for an emergency landing. Nice Approach vectored the crew for an emergency landing at Nice runway 05. The airplane was on finals when it crashed into the sea about 1 km from the runway.
Probable Cause:
CAUSES DE L'ACCIDENT: "L'accident resulte de l'impact de l'avion en mer à la suite d'une perte de contrôle en dernier virage, les deux moteurs etant êteinis.
L'extinction definitive du moteur gauche provient d'une rupture mécanique du pignon d'entrainement des accessoires.
Le moteur droit n'a pas pu être renfloué, et les causes de son extinction définitive restent indéterminées."
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accident date: 03-09-1979
type: Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette
registration: OY-SBS
accident date: 03-09-1979
type: Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette
registration: OY-SBS
accident date: 03-09-1979
type: Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette
registration: F-BVPE
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 Coventry-Baginton Airport et Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport est de 1154 km (721 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Coventry-Baginton Airport et Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport est de 1154 km (721 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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.
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