ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 43899
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| Date: | Friday 29 December 2006 |
| Time: | 15:39 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | Aéroclub de la région de Chelles |
| Registration: | F-GHKB |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Marèges (15) -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chelles Le Pin (LFPH) |
| Aurillac (LFLW) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On December 29, 2006, at 1539 UTC, a Piper PA-28-161, French registration F-GHBK,was destroyed during cruise flight when the airplane struck power lines and subsequently impacted mountainous terrain in the Cantal Region of France. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. the pilot, the sole person on board the airplane was fatally injured. The cross-country flight originated at Chelles Le Pin, France, and was en route to Aurillac, France.
Several factors contributed to this event:
Difficulty in visually detecting the power line, a thin, low contrast obstacle.
The discomfort caused by the sun, which, at that time, was on the horizon on the pilot's right front.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20070104X00006&key=1
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2006/f-kb061229/pdf/f-kb061229.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Feb-2012 00:31 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-May-2020 07:58 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2020 07:59 | harro | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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