Ajaccio - Ajaccio

On July 17, 1994 at 02:00 PM, Ajaccio - Ajaccio experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance 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, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 250.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 3.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine aircraft was engaged in a survey flight over the region of Ajaccio under call sign 'Bengale 97', carrying one pilot and one fireman. Shortly after takeoff from Ajaccio-Campo dell'Oro Airport runway 20, while in initial climb, the pilot retracted the landing gear when the left engine failed. He initiated a left hand turn to return to runway 20 when the aircraft stalled and crashed on a the beach of Capitello about 500 metres southeast of the runway end, bursting into flames. Both occupants and a girl aged 13 were killed while four other people were seriously injured. Few days later, two of them, German tourists, died from their injuries. Crew: Igor Daïc, pilot Passenger: Lt Faustin Expédith, fireman. On ground victims: Marie-Louise Tagnatti, Peter & Heike Kirsch.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBBF, MSN LJ-518, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.9179°, 8.7934°.