Accident Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP HB-PGA, Saturday 28 April 2012
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Date:Saturday 28 April 2012
Time:15:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic P32R model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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
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:
cover
  
Investigating agency: SUST
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 4 months
Download report: Final report

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

13 October 2001 HB-PGA private 0 Alpe d´Huez - LFHU min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
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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