Marseille - Aubenas - Marseille

On September 6, 2000 at 09:03 AM, Marseille - Aubenas - Marseille experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by T %26 G Aviation, with the event recorded near Burzet Ardèche.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. In the early morning, the four engine aircraft departed Marseille-Marignane on a positioning flight to Aubenas-Vals-Lanas Airport, Ardeche, where the crew was briefed about a forest fire in the region of Burzet, some 15 km northwest of Aubenas. The aircraft departed Aubenas with two Canadair CL-415 and was dispatched to the area on fire under callsign 'Tanker 82'. A first drop was completed successfully and while completing a second low pass, the aircraft struck trees and crashed on hilly terrain. Two crew members were seriously injured while two others were killed. Crew: Ted Hobard, pilot, Paul Trinque, copilot, † Jo WILLIAMS, navigator, † Ted MEYER, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration N116TG, MSN 3086, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.7402°, 4.2441°.