| Date: | Monday 15 September 2025 |
| Time: | 16:28 UTC |
| Type: | Diamond DA42 Twin Star |
| Owner/operator: | Iroise Aéro Formation |
| Registration: | F-GVKM |
| MSN: | 42.012 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | E of Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL/LFMT) -
France
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nîmes-Garons Airport (FNI/LFTW) |
| Destination airport: | Béziers-Cap d'Agde en Languedoc Airport (BZR/LFMU) |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Air Arabia Maroc flight flight 3O335, an Airbus A320-214 (CN-NMI) and a Diamond DA42 Twin Star (F-GVKM) were involved in a serious airprox incident at Montpellier Airport (MPL).
The Airbus A320 was on final approach for runway 12L when a commercial air transport flight lined up and took off from the same runway. The crew of CN-NMI decided to carry out a missed approach. In climb, CN-NMI closed in on F-GVKM which was descending to the east of the runway extended centreline. CN-NMI stabilized at around 2,000 ft and the pilot of F-GVKM accelerated his descent.
METAR:
LFMT 151600Z AUTO 21012KT CAVOK 26/18 Q1018 BECMG 32008KT
LFMT 151700Z AUTO 22012KT CAVOK 25/19 Q1019 BECMG 32008KT
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Report number: | BEA2025-0421 |
| Status: | Preliminary report |
| Report: | Preliminary report |
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Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-planes-airbus-a320-registered-cn-nmi-operated-by-air-arabia-maroc-and-diamond-da42-registered-f-gvkm-on-15-09-2025-at-montpellier-mediterranee/ Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 03-Oct-2025 13:18 |
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| 03-Oct-2025 13:19 |
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