| Date: | Saturday 28 April 2012 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: | Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP |
| Owner/operator: | Groupement de Vol à Moteur Lausanne |
| Registration: | HB-PGA |
| MSN: | 32R-8113045 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chatel-St-Denis, near Tatroz, FR -
Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LSGL |
| Destination airport: | LSGB |
| Investigating agency: | SUST |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed at Tatroz towards the end of a flight from Lausanne to Ecuvillens.
CAUSE
The accident is due to a collision with the terrain as a result of a stall at a low altitude. Insufficient consideration of weather and topography conditions has contributed to the accident.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | SUST |
| Report number: | |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
http://www.20min.ch/ro/lecteurreporter/story/Six-morts-dans-le-crash-d-un-petit-avion-28422041 https://bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischtes/Sechs-Tote-bei-Flugzeugabsturz-/story/10237287 https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/Mehrere-Tote-bei-Flugzeugabsturz-/story/10237287 http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/welt/753449/Sechs-Tote-bei-Flugzeugabsturz-in-der-Schweiz http://www.austrianwings.info/2012/04/schweiz-zwei-flugzeugabstuerze-an-einem-tag-mehrere-tote/ https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/maschine-ueber-dorf-abgestuerzt-mehrere-tote-bei-flugzeugabsturz-in-der-schweiz_aid_744726.html https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/flugzeugabsturz-sechs-tote-bei-flugzeugabsturz-im-kanton-freiburg-id1862780.html https://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/article107793518/Flugzeugabsturz-in-der-Schweiz-Sechs-Tote.html https://abpic.co.uk/images/images/1174626F.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 28-Apr-2012 14:27 |
Alpine Flight |
Added |
| 28-Apr-2012 16:47 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Apr-2012 03:41 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-May-2012 01:20 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 22-Nov-2014 08:18 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2016 22:37 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2017 20:04 |
harro |
Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-Dec-2017 20:05 |
harro |
Updated [Narrative, ] |
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