ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172409
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| Date: | Friday 19 December 2014 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Les Ailes Guadeloupéennes |
| Registration: | F-OGHZ |
| MSN: | 28-7690351 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sea off Grand’Rivière, La Trinite -
 Martinique
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pointe-à-Pitre le Raizet airport, Guadeloupe (TFFR) |
| Martinique Aimé Césaire airport, Martinique (TFFF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The plane crashed at sea, 6 miles North of Martinique.
Two persons on board, the pilot and his wife, were killed. Radio contact was lost at 17:45 LT.
The body of the pilot was recovered the december, 20 near the north west cost of Martinique, Le Prêcheur. Some debris of the plane was recovered near the body.
The body of the passenger was never recovered.
BEA Report:
Causes:
The collision with the surface of the water is due to the decision to begin and to pursue a flight at sight, in degraded weather conditions and weak crepuscular light.
The following factors most probably contributed to the accident:
^ the will of the pilot to go to the planned destination.
^ the reliable excess of the pilot little experimented as for his capacities to fly in degraded conditions of visibility.
Sources:
http://www.people-bokay.com/disparition-dun-avion-de-tourisme-le-corps-du-pilote-retrouve/
https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/2014/12/21/crash-d-un-avion-de-tourisme-le-corps-de-l-epouse-est-recherche-217102.html
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BEA final report (Released the 14 aug 2017):
https://www.bea.aero/uploads/tx_elydbrapports/BEA2014-0051.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2014 15:48 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 21-Dec-2014 15:57 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2014 14:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 11-Sep-2017 10:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 23-May-2022 09:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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