Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris crash, Nov 30, 1996 (3 killed)
Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris accident on November 30, 1996 near Santa Ana-John Wayne, California, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: November 30, 1996
- Aircraft: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris
- Location: Santa Ana-John Wayne, California, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot let airspeed fall in a steep banked turn to the runway, causing a stall and spin. Inadequate preflight inspection and a pattern flown too close to the runway contributed, and wake turbulence from a preceding Boeing 757 may have added to the loss of control.
A Morane-Saulnier Paris II took off from Santa Ana with an external boarding ladder still attached and then declared an emergency to return. Its downwind leg was too close to the runway, forcing a steep bank to line up, and it rolled inverted and spiraled onto an industrial building. A Boeing 757 had passed the site about two minutes earlier. All three people aboard were killed.