Saint-Yan - Saint-Yan

On July 31, 1990 at 02:15 PM, Saint-Yan - Saint-Yan experienced a crash involving Aérospatiale SN.601 Corvette, operated by Service de Formation Aéronautique %26 de Contrôle Technique - SFACT, with the event recorded near Saint-Yan Saône-et-Loire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) 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 human factor. The aircraft was engaged in a local training flight at Saint-Yan Airport on behalf of the Service de Formation Aéronautique & de Contrôle Technique (SFACT). Following several 'touch-and-go' completed successfully, the crew landed and simulated an engine failure, reducing the power on the left engine. While rolling on runway 33R, flaps were mistakenly retracted from 30° to zero prior to takeoff. Unable to rotate, the aircraft continued, overran and eventually collided with the ILS antenna. Both pilots escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BTTU, MSN 37, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.4117°, 4.0390°.