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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 2023 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | Skydive Center à Tallard |
| Registration: | F-HSLE |
| MSN: | 20800340 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gap-Tallard Airfield (GAT/LFNA) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Gap-Tallard Airfield (GAT/LFNA) |
| Gap-Tallard Airfield (GAT/LFNA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The skydiving plane crashed on a wooded mountainside in the Pic de Crigne sector near Gap-Tallard Airfield (GAT/LFNA).
The aircraft had just dropped fifteen skydivers at FL140.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-cessna-208-registered-f-hsle-on-15-10-2023-at-monetier-allemont/
https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2023/10/15/un-petit-avion-s-ecrase-a-proximite-de-l-aerodrome-gap-tallard
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/hautes-alpes/crash-d-un-avion-a-l-aerodrome-de-tallard-le-pilote-seul-a-bord-trouve-la-mort-dans-l-accident-2856578.html#Echobox=1697368519
Location
Media:
⚠️Accident mortel survenu à l’#avion @TextronAviation @Cessna #C208 immatriculé F-HSLE aujourd’hui près de #Gap / Un enquêteur de première information sur place ce jour, rejoints par deux enquêteurs @BEA_Aero demain. Ouverture d’une enquête de sécurité.
— BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) October 15, 2023
In a sad development, 2001 built Skydive Center Gap Tallard Cessna 208 aircraft (F-HSLE) has crashed in the mountains near Gap-Tallard Aerodrome (LFNA), France killing the pilot earlier today. Skydivers had already exited the aircraft prior crash.
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) October 15, 2023
📸ledauphine and bruno muthelet pic.twitter.com/o7FEZZYl8a
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2023 14:07 | willy | Added |
| 15-Oct-2023 14:09 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Oct-2023 18:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2023 17:46 | harro | Updated |
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