Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Socata TB21 Trinidad TC, N229GC: Fatal accident occurred December 28, 2022 at Barcelonnette – Saint-Pons Airfield, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

Aircraft crashed during landing and was destroyed by a post impact fire.

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Date: 28-DEC-22
Time: 11:00:00Z
Regis#: N229GC
Aircraft Make: SOCATA
Aircraft Model: TB21
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 1
Flight Crew: 1 Fatal
Pax:  3 Serious Injuries 
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: DESTROYED
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: BARCELONNETTE-SAINT-PONS
Country: FRANCE


Timestamp 1/03/2023 04:27:00 PM

6 comments:

  1. AnonymousTuesday, January 3, 2023 at 8:12:00 PM EST

    Amazing three survivors by looking at the wreckage

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, January 4, 2023 at 2:36:00 PM EST

    LFMR, Saint-Pons Airfield is a small airport in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. ELV. 3,700. ft.
    The airport has one runway: 9/27.
    Dimensions: 2625 x 98 feet / 800 x 30 meters
    Surface: Hard Runway 09 Runway 27

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  3. AnonymousThursday, January 5, 2023 at 11:14:00 AM EST

    If there was ice/snow on the runway as seen in the crash photos, it would be hard to stop that plane in 2,600' ..... especially since it was heavy at landing with 4 pax and luggage

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    1. ATC OperatorThursday, January 12, 2023 at 7:09:00 AM EST

      The French BEA (French NTSB) has published the following: En phase d'atterrissage, l'avion entre en collision avec la végétation puis prend feu.
      Translation: In the landing phase the aircraft has collided with vegetation (greenery) and then a fire broke out.

      If this is true (which I believe it is) then, the condition of the runway is totally irrelevant for this accident (although it may well be that snow on the runway and the short runway has pressed the PIC to approach low and slow)?

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    2. AnonymousThursday, January 12, 2023 at 4:38:00 PM EST

      "According to La Provence, the aircraft that arrived from Cannes went off the runway and ended up in the forest."

      Original:
      "Selon La Provence, l'appareil qui arrivait de Cannes a fait une sortie de piste et a fini sa course dans la forêt."

      Link:
      https://www.tf1info.fr/justice-faits-divers/crash-aerien-a-barcelonette-saint-pons-dans-les-alpes-de-haute-provence-l-avion-prend-feu-un-mort-et-trois-blesses-graves-2243252.html

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  4. AnonymousFriday, January 6, 2023 at 1:15:00 PM EST

    Photo of N229GC in flight, from a year ago:
    https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001676450.html

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