Incident grave - En descente vers 3 600 pieds sur l'axe LIDOS - PPR, l'appareil tourne à gauche en ...

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Incident grave - En descente vers 3 600 pieds sur l'axe LIDOS - PPR, l'appareil tourne à gauche en direction du volcan de la Soufrière dont le sommet culmine à 4 813 pieds. Il est ramené par le contrôle vers la trajectoire standard et se pose sans autre incident.

Final report (FR) (1999/06/23)

General information
Local date	23/06/1999
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France
Location	Pointe-à-Pitre
Human consequences
Aircraft consequences
Occurrence class
Occurence category
File number	BEA n-gc990623

Flight Information
Manufacturer / Model
Aircraft category	Fixed wing - Aeroplane
Operator
Aircraft Registration	N607GC
State of registry	France
Last departure point
Planned destination
Flight phase
Serial number
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Transport public

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.