Lyon - Le Puy

On November 22, 1987 at 08:20 PM, Lyon - Le Puy experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226 Metro II, operated by Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc, with the event recorded near Le Puy-Loudes Haute-Loire.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Lyon-Satolas Airport to Le Puy-Loudes Airport, Haute-Loire. On final approach by night, at an altitude of 500 feet, the crew positioned both propellers to fine pitch when both engines failed simultaneously. The airplane stalled and crash landed in an open field located few hundred meters short of runway threshold. Both pilots escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-GCTE, MSN TC-365, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.0889°, 3.7331°.