Saint-Nazaire - Paris

On February 13, 1970 at 08:30 PM, Saint-Nazaire - Paris experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Avia-Taxi, with the event recorded near Le Pin-la-Garenne Orne.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The twin engine aircraft was returning to Paris-Le Bourget on a taxi flight, carrying nine industrialists based in Paris. Just passing over Alençon, the pilot encountered very bad weather conditions with heavy snow falls and icing conditions. He informed ATC about technical problems, stated he was unable to maintain control and requested assistance to divert to the nearest airport. Less than a minute later, the airplane struck a tree and crashed in a field located just outside Le Pin-la-Garenne. The airplane was totally destroyed and all 10 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BPJA, MSN 402-0100, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.4413°, 0.5465°.