Accident Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat F-GFBJ,
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Date:Friday 24 April 2020
Time:09:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic G164 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat
Owner/operator:Delta 2
Registration: F-GFBJ
MSN: 1124
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:St-Pierre-la-Mer -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Candillargues
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: BEA
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Two Grumman G-164 Ag Cat planes apparently both force-landed and flipped upside down on a beach in St. Pierre-la-Mer, near Narbonne. Both pilots were not injured.

The planes, mandated by the Interdepartmental Agreement on Mosquito Abatement (EID), took off this Friday morning from Candillargues, in the Hérault region. But due to the lack of visibility, the two pilots decided to land in emergency on the beach of Saint-Pierre-la Mer, in the Aude. The ground being very loose, the two planes turned over.

Sources:

https://www.lindependant.fr/2020/04/24/narbonne-deux-avions-depandage-secrasent-sur-la-plage-de-st-pierre-la-mer,8860760.php
https://littoralfm.com/2020/04/24/aude-deux-avions-biplan-secrasent-sur-la-plage/
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/deux-avions-d-epandage-se-crashent-sur-le-littoral-1587739263
https://www.bea.aero/les-enquetes/evenements-notifies/detail/accident-du-grumman-g164-immatricule-f-ghnp-survenu-le-24-04-2020-a-saint-pierre-la-mer-11/

ex.N5168.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 June 1980 N5168 Farm Air Fly 0 near Sacramento, CA w/o

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Apr-2020 10:03 gerard57 Added
24-Apr-2020 10:04 gerard57 Updated [Narrative]
24-Apr-2020 10:09 gerard57 Updated [Source]
24-Apr-2020 11:29 Iceman 29 Updated [Embed code]
24-Apr-2020 11:30 Iceman 29 Updated [Nature, Embed code, Damage]
24-Apr-2020 11:32 Iceman 29 Updated [Time, Aircraft type]
24-Apr-2020 12:13 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
24-Apr-2020 12:25 RobertMB Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
24-Apr-2020 13:53 A.J.Scholten Updated [Source]
24-Apr-2020 21:14 Iceman 29 Updated [Embed code]
24-Apr-2020 21:15 Iceman 29 Updated [Source, Embed code]
25-Apr-2020 13:40 Iceman 29 Updated [Embed code]
25-Apr-2020 13:43 Iceman 29 Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
25-Apr-2020 13:44 Iceman 29 Updated [Time]
01-Mar-2021 19:35 harro Updated [Source]
08-May-2021 17:23 harro Updated [[Source]]

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