ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156897
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| Date: | Friday 31 May 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | F-BOOJ |
| MSN: | 31-59 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Glux-en-Glenne - Mount Beuvray, Nièvre -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Biarritz–Anglet–Bayonne Airport (BIQ/LFBZ) |
| Sarre-Union Airport (LFQU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 31 May 1974: On a trip from Biarritz to Sarre-Union, the aircraft flying VFR encountered downgraded meteorological conditions, with low cloud layers. As it descended to stay out of the clouds, the aircraft hit the ground in a mountaineous area near Glux-en-Glenne - Mount Beuvray, Nièvre. No aircraft failure has been reported, and no emergency was declared on the ATC. None of the occupants survived the impact.
This accident probably happened following the pilot's decision of descending to keep VFR conditions instead of passing IFR as the meteorological conditions worsened.
Registration F-BOOJ cancelled as aircraft "destroyed" 4 September 1974
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Colin M. Smith, Piper Aircraft
2. BEA (French NTSB) report, SCHMITT family
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20120928112413/http://www.immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr:80/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html;jsessionid=E8BCF97264F675F5D297AE0B967F338B
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2013 17:00 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 21-Jun-2013 17:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2013 19:34 | f-gdsu | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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