Montpellier - Montpellier

On December 24, 2004 at 09:33 AM, Montpellier - Montpellier experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Aéro Pyrénées, with the event recorded near Montpellier-Méditerranée Hérault.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport at 0802LT for a local training flight with TRI, one TRE and one pilot under supervision. Following a touch and go on runway 31R, the instructor decided to reduce the power on the right engine and to perform a low pass over the runway. Then the aircraft turned to the left, lost height, rolled to the left and crashed in a pond located to the right of the runway. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-GVRM, MSN LJ-121, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.5953°, 3.9243°.