ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41839
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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1998 |
| Time: | 15:58 |
| Type: |  Cessna F177RG Cardinal RG (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Gilbert Francis |
| Registration: | F-GAJE |
| MSN: | 0058 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Baie de Quiberon -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Vannes (LFRV) |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cessna was over the Baie de Quiberon on a private flight from the nearby Vannes airfield when it collided at 2000 feet with Beechcraft 1900D F-GSJM which was approaching Lorient.
Both aircraft crashed into the sea, 1,5km from the 980 feet long cruise ship 'SS Norway' and sank 30-50 feet below the sea level.
Just prior to the collision the pilot of the Beechcraft had requested permission to modify their flight plan and to descend below 3000 feet in uncontrolled airspace under VFR conditions. This was probably done to take a detour and overfly the cruise ship, which is the biggest ocean liner ever built in France.
The Cardinal pilot was a 69-years old retired Air Inter captain with over 20000 of flying time.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X10541
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1998/f-je980730/htm/f-je980730.html
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1998/f-je980730/pdf/f-je980730.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Sep-2011 10:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2011 05:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2018 19:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 19:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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