Accident to the Socata TB21 registered N229GC on 28/12/2022 at Barcelonnette

The final report has been published (November 2024). A courtesy translation into English will be available soon.

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General information
Local date	28/12/2022
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Location	AD Barcelonnette Saint Pons
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Number of serious injuries	3
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	F-POST: Fire/smoke (post-impact), LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2022-0615

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Small aeroplane
Operator	France
Manufacturer / Model	SOCATA - TB21
Aircraft Registration	N229GC
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	France - LFMD (CEQ) : Cannes Mandelieu
Planned destination	France - LFMR (BAE) : Barcelonnette Saint-Pons
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Cross Country

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.