Granville - Granville

On August 18, 2012 at 06:55 PM, Granville - Granville experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by Abalone Parachutisme, with the event recorded near Granville Manche.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine aircraft departed Granville-Bréville Aerodrome on a local skydiving mission. After all skydivers left the aircraft, the pilot reduced his altitude to return to his base. On final approach to runway 07, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in the sea, few dozen metres offshore. A sailor went quickly to the scene and evacuated the pilot who was slightly injured while the aircraft sank by a depth of 5-6 metres. The wreckage was recovered and pulled on the beach a day later. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-GMJG, MSN 659, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.8343°, -1.5649°.