Fort-de-France - Fort-de-France

On May 6, 2004 at 01:58 PM, Fort-de-France - Fort-de-France experienced a crash involving Transall C-160, operated by French Air Force - Armée de l'Air, with the event recorded near Fort-de-France Martinique.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was engaged in a local post maintenance test flight at Fort-de-France-Le Lamentin Airport, carrying five technicians and three crew members on behalf of the Escadron de Transport Outremer 58. After engine startup, the crew started to taxi when a fire erupted. The aircraft was stopped on the ramp and all eight occupants escaped uninjured. Within three minutes, fire bombers were on site and extinguished the fire. Nevertheless, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration R100/F-RAZR, MSN F100, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.5910°, -61.0042°.