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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 421 · La Baule-Escoublac, France · June 19, 2026

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
June 19, 2026, 17:45 local (15:45 UTC)
Place
La Baule-Escoublac, France · Latitude :47.278611 Longitude : -2.331389
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
F-GUSTCessna 421
Defining event
Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Textron Aviation, BEA, Continental Motors
Case key
203208

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
F-GUST
Reported as
Cessna 421
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Fire at unknown time
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Departed
LFRN · Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande
Destination
LFRE · La Baule Escoublac

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
250° at 9 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Temperature
73 °F, dew point 61 °F
Observed at
LFRZ, 8 nm away
METAR
METAR LFRZ 191530Z AUTO 25009KT 210V300 CAVOK 23/16 Q1015 NOSIG