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| Date: | Saturday 5 January 2013 |
| Time: | 13:26 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-220T Seneca V |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | CN-DAY |
| MSN: | 3449207 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux, French Alps -
 France
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LFLS |
| LERS | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper PA-34-220T Seneca V was climbing from Grenoble when the tower lost the contact with the aircraft. The plane was heading to Casablanca, Morocco, via Reus, Spain.
A farmer saw the plane hitting a mountain near Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux, French Alps.
The pilot, his wife and their 3 children were killed.
BEA final report: http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2013/cn-y130105/pdf/cn-y130105.pdf
"...3.2 Causes of the accident
An entrance to the cloudy area, voluntary or not, following a continuation of the flight in IMC who the pilot was not capable of mastering.
Strong motivation to realize the flight, consolidated by the shortly take-off of a DA42 towards the same destination, as well as the absence of IFR training in the flight without visibility probably contributed to the accident."
Sources:
http://www.air-journal.fr/2013-01-05-cinq-morts-dans-un-crash-pres-de-laeroport-de-grenoble-563852.html
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2013/01/05/un-avion-s-est-ecrase-entre-saint-etienne-et-saint-geoirs-et-silmeon-de-bressieux
http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/crash-d-un-avion-a-grenoble-cinq-morts-05-01-2013-2456437.php
https://www.bea.aero/enquetes/saint.pierre.de.bressieux/saint.pierre.de.bressieux.php_
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2013 10:24 | Taregh Msr | Added |
| 05-Jan-2013 11:36 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, ] |
| 05-Jan-2013 12:04 | slowkid | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2013 12:39 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Jan-2013 13:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2013 06:03 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Jan-2013 08:05 | Vitellio | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jan-2013 11:39 | Vitellio | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Aug-2015 07:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2017 14:34 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, ] |
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