ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232995
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| Date: | Sunday 16 February 2020 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Aéroclub d’Angoulême |
| Registration: | F-GFGO |
| MSN: | 2890060 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Les Aussedats, Creissels, Causse du Larzac -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Angoulême-Brie-Champniers Airport (ANG/LFBU) |
| Millau/Larzac Airfield (LFCM) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper PA-28-181 Archer II, F-GFGO, was destroyed when it impacted the ground a few kilometers north of the runways at Millau-Larzac aerodrome between the Millau viaduct and La Cavalerie just before 13:00 LT.
All four occupants died.
As part of a two-plane flying club outing, the pilot of the PA-28 undertook a flight for which weather conditions unfavorable to visual flight were forecast at destination. When arriving at about 5 NM from the destination, the cloud cover was greater than 5 oktas. At around 600 ft, the airplane entered the cloud layer and the pilot lost control in less than ten seconds. When it came out of the cloud layer, at low height, the PA28 had a steep nose-down trajectory. The pilot could not avoid a collision with the ground.
Contributing factors:
- the continuation of the flight to the nearby destination aerodrome, despite the onset of adverse visual meteorological conditions ;
- the decision to undertake the flight to an aerodrome where the forecasted weather conditions were unfavorable for visual flight. An exchange between the pilots of the two aircraft on the feasibility of the flight after studying the meteorological file might have allowed them to discuss the relevance of this decision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.centrepresseaveyron.fr/2020/02/16/larzac-quatre-morts-dans-un-crash-davion,8736084.php
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2020/02/16/aveyron-le-crash-dun-petit-avion-sur-le-larzac-fait-quatre-morts,8736097.php
https://www.sudouest.fr/2020/02/16/un-avion-parti-d-angouleme-s-ecrase-sur-le-larzac-quatre-morts-7201191-813.php
https://www.midilibre.fr/2020/02/16/aveyron-quatre-morts-dans-un-crash-davion-entre-millau-et-la-cavalerie,8736090.php
https://www.charentelibre.fr/2020/02/16/quatre-morts-dont-deux-charentais-dans-un-crash-d-avion-dans-l-aveyron,3560348.php
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http://aeroclub-angouleme.fr/
http://aeroclub-angouleme.fr/flotte/piper-pa28/
Media:
⚠️ Accident mortel du #PA28 immatriculé F-GFGO survenu le 16/02/20 à #Creissels / Accident près de l’aérodrome de #Millau lors d’un vol #Angouleme > #Millau / 3 enquêteurs @BEA_Aero sont sur place et procèdent aux premières constatations et relevés. pic.twitter.com/5NVkKknepH
— BEA ✈️ 🚁🛩 🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) February 17, 2020
🇫🇷France, Larzac, Les Aussedats - Accident: Piper PA-28 plane crash, 16 Feb 2020. 4 fatalities. ASN: https://t.co/lf4uHSEkww via @AviationSafety
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) February 16, 2020
Press: https://t.co/dKwTBvUgRW via @cpaveyron pic.twitter.com/6iuBhL0Bp3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Feb-2020 15:16 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 16-Feb-2020 15:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Feb-2020 15:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2020 17:07 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2020 17:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Feb-2020 17:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2020 19:28 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2020 19:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2020 20:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2020 21:25 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2020 11:11 | harro | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2020 11:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2020 14:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Feb-2020 08:47 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2022 13:55 | harro | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report] |
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