- Date
- February 20, 2017, 12:25 local (12:25 UTC)
- Place
- Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- F-OGPJPiper PA28
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 95305
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On February 20, 2017, about 1225 UTC, a Piper PA-28-161, French registration F-OGPJ, owned and operated by Aeroclub Les Ailes Guadeloupeenes, collided with a house while conducting low altitude cruise flight near Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe, French Antilles. The pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight that originated at Pointe-a-Pitre Le Raizet Airport, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe.This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the French government. Any further information may be obtained from: Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses pour la Securite de l'Aviation Civile Zone Sud – Batiment 153 200 rue de Paris Aeroport du Borget F-93352 Le Bourget Cedex France Telephone: +33 1 49 92 72 00 Facsimile: +33 1 49 92 72 03 web: www.bea.aero This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses of France.
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-OGPJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (161)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7916379
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Les Ailes Guadeloupeenes
- Registered owner
- Les Ailes Guadeloupeenes
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
- Equipment
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- TFFR