Toussus-le-Noble – Bagnoles-de-l’Orne

On May 1, 1998 at 04:30 PM, Toussus-le-Noble – Bagnoles-de-l’Orne experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Société Soon, with the event recorded near Mt des Avaloirs Mayenne.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Toussus-le-Noble, the pilot was cleared to descend to Bagnoles-de-l’Orne Airport located about 37 km northwest of Alençon. On final, weather conditions were poor with low clouds when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt des Avaloirs (417 metres high) located 20 km short of runway 30. The wreckage was found 104 metres below the summit and both occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the ceiling was up to 100 metres from the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-GABV, MSN LW-102, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.4506°, -0.1444°.