Accident Gippsland GA-8 Airvan F-ORPH, 06 Jan 2014

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163298

Last updated: 27 April 2020

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Date:	06-JAN-2014
Time:	15:08 LT
Type:	Gippsland GA-8 Airvan
Owner/operator:	Yankee Lima Finance E.U.R.L.
Registration:	F-ORPH
C/n / msn:	GA8-04-050
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport -SOCA (973) - French Guiana
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	CAY-SOCA
Destination airport:	MPY-SOOA

Narrative:
A Gippsland GA-8 Airvan crashed after the crew tried to make a forced landing at (or near?) Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport (French: Aéroport de Cayenne-Rochambeau) after a power loss of the engine.
The accident happened just after take-off from Cayenne to Maripasoula, the emergency landing failed.

The pilot received minor injuries and the passenger onboard the airplane was seriously injured.

Sources:

http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2014/2014.semaine.02.pdf
https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guyane/2014/01/06/un-avion-crashe-matoury-98481.html
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20140116X11010&key=1
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2014/aair/ae-2014-009.aspx

https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages//logbook/images/aircraft/id/67025/2013122308323351-3143329.jpg

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Revision history:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Jan-2014 10:07	RobertMB	Added
20-Jan-2014 07:22	soero	Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ]
04-Feb-2014 04:40	Geno	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]

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