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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA46-500TP · Saint-Tropez, France · May 29, 2023

Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign

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Date
May 29, 2023, 10:30 local (08:30 UTC)
Place
Saint-Tropez, France
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N149CPiper PA46-500TP
Defining event
Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
192258

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Collision during takeoff/landTakeoffPiper PA46-500TP: 2 casesAll aircraft: 1,309 casesDefining event
Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)Emergency descentPiper PA46-500TP: 16 casesAll aircraft: 10,189 cases

Aircraft

Registration
N149C
Reported as
Piper PA46-500TP
Category
Airplane
Serial number
4697490
Built
2012
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Business · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Airport
LFTZ
Equipment
Unknown
N149CRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2024 · Piper PA46-500TPS/N 4697490 · Built 2012Airframe modelPiper PA46-500TPEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42ATurbo-prop

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.