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| Date: | Monday 2 December 2024 |
| Time: | c. 14:57 LT |
| Type: | Cessna 340A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N340GJ |
| MSN: | 340A0637 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Magny-lès-Villers, near Pernand-Vergelesses, Beaune, Côte-d'Or -
France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Beaune/Challanges Airfield (LFGF) |
| Destination airport: | Beaune/Challanges Airfield (LFGF) |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Cessna 340A crashed under unknown circumstances in a vineyard at Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, Magny-lès-Villers, near Pernand-Vergelesses, Beaune, Côte-d'Or
The pilot and the co-pilot managed to escape but were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/cote-d-or-un-avion-bimoteur-se-crashe-dans-des-vignes-des-hautes-cotes-de-beaune-deux-blesses-graves-1767488 https://actu.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/pernand-vergelesses_21480/pres-de-beaune-un-avion-de-tourisme-s-ecrase-dans-les-vignobles-deux-victimes-en-urgence-absolue_61945637.html https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=340GJ https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N340GJ/history/20241202/1308Z https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n340gj#383251b2 https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/67230_1525896707.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex C-GDRC, N51Q, N8744K
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