Belleville-sur-Saône - Belleville-sur-Saône

On June 9, 1974 at 05:00 PM, Belleville-sur-Saône - Belleville-sur-Saône experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by Air Alpes, with the event recorded near Saint-Jean-d’Ardières Rhône.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

Christened 'Courchevel', the single airplane departed Belleville-sur-Saône Aerodrome in the afternoon to complete a local flight for seven passengers who made their first flight. En route, in unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located in Saint-Jean d’Ardières, about 40 km northwest of Lyon. The wreckage was found at the border with Pizay. Six occupants were injured while two passengers were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BJSZ, MSN 525, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.1252°, 4.7378°.