Piper PA-42 Cheyenne crash, May 5, 2012 (4 killed), Grand...
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne accident on May 5, 2012 near Grand Case, Saint-Martin, France with 4 fatalities. Cause: The BEA found no technical anomaly. The...
- Date: May 5, 2012
- Aircraft: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne
- Location: Grand Case, Saint-Martin, France
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The BEA found no technical anomaly. The pilot had drunk alcohol and had been awake for more than 20 hours, and the single-pilot operation without adequate oversight may have contributed.
A Piper Cheyenne ambulance flight with a pilot, doctor, nurse and patient departed Grand Case at night and crashed into the sea about a minute after takeoff. Debris and a wheel were found the next morning, and the four occupants were presumed dead.