ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326361
Date: | Monday 20 February 1989 |
Time: | 16:04 |
Type: | Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IV |
Owner/operator: | Dirac Aviation |
Registration: | F-GERP |
MSN: | AT-012 |
Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7136 hours |
Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-3U-303G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Castera-Lou -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN) |
Destination airport: | Lourdes-Tarbes Ossun Lourdes Airport (LDE/LFBT) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Dirac Aviation Flight 31 departed Nice for a regular flight without passengers to Tarbes. As the Merlin IV approached Tarbes, the crew received descent instructions at 15:55 the flight was cleared to descent to 2600 ft by Pau Approach and three minutes later the flight contacted Tarbes Approach Control. At that the same time a SOCATA TB-10 was flying near Tarbes. The airplane was on a navigational training flight from Pau to Tarbes. The airplane had overflown
Tarbes and was cleared for a circuit in preparation for a runway 02 approach. They left the Aerodrome Traffic Zone (ATZ) at 16:00. A few minutes later they entered the ATZ again, but did not establish radio contact with the controller. At 16:04 both aircraft collided in midair. The TB-10 crashed and the Merlin crew were able to carry out a forced landing on one engine, with a destroyed windscreen and just one landing gear leg extended. The Merlin touched down near the runway and slid for 325 m before coming to rest.
PROBABLE CAUSES (translated from French): "The in-flight collision of the two aircraft resulted from the entry of TB 10 F-GEVD into the ATZ of Tarbes without radio contact at the same time and altitude as the Merlin F-GERP, despite the traffic information provided to it. In addition, the visual surveillance that both crews were supposed to provide did not allow them to detect the other aircraft."
Sources:
Rapport final relatif a la collision en vol entre le TB 10 immatrcule F-GEVD et le Merlin IV immatricule F-GERP survenue le 20 fevrier 1989 a Tarbes (65) / Bureau Enquêtes-Accidents
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