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| Date: | Monday 2 November 2020 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Socata TB10 Tobago |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | G-CBGC |
| MSN: | 1584 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km SE off Cannes Mandelieu Airport -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (CEQ/LFMD) |
| Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (CEQ/LFMD) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a VFR solo flight at night, the pilot was making a fifth and final circuit when the weather conditions had changed and were becoming conducive to spatial disorientation. The pilot was beginning the turn towards the base leg, when the airplane suddenly lost altitude and crashed into the sea. The investigation did not make it possible to determine the phenomenon at the origin of the loss sudden elevation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/un-avion-de-tourisme-se-crashe-au-large-de-mandelieu-597112
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/cannes/mandelieu-disparition-avion-tourisme-mer-mediterranee-1890640.html
https://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/accident-davion-au-large-de-mandelieu-le-pilote-toujours-porte-disparu-les-recherches-arretees-597642
Local source
Media:
🇫🇷France - Mandelieu-la-Napoule : disparition d'un Socata TB10 en mer Méditerranée et de son pilote.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) November 3, 2020
Des débris ont été retrouvés à environ 2 miles nautiques au Sud-Est de l'aéroport (équivalent à 3,7 km). Ce sont des "petits débris"....https://t.co/w0Yqvnm9L8 pic.twitter.com/VBjC6eE2tQ
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2020 07:14 | harro | Added |
| 03-Nov-2020 12:14 | Chieftain | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2020 12:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2020 19:39 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2020 19:03 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 06-Nov-2020 19:04 | harro | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 12-Oct-2022 13:53 | harro | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 21-Nov-2022 20:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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