Socata TBM-700 crash, Aug 6, 2014 (2 killed), Saint-Jean-...
Socata TBM-700 accident on August 6, 2014 near Saint-Jean-les-Deux-Jumeaux, Seine-et-Marne, France with 2 fatalities. Cause: BEA: the exact cause and...
- Date: August 6, 2014
- Aircraft: Socata TBM-700
- Location: Saint-Jean-les-Deux-Jumeaux, Seine-et-Marne, France
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: BEA: the exact cause and circumstances could not be determined with certainty because the aircraft had no flight data recorder. The BEA recommended that the flight data recorder requirement be extended to high performance aircraft.
The single engine Socata TBM 700 flying from Cannes Mandelieu to Courtrai Wevelgem in Belgium made a rapid descent from FL240 in instrument meteorological conditions, then climbed steeply and stalled. It emerged from cloud at low altitude in a flat attitude and crashed in a wooded area near Saint Jean les Deux Jumeaux, killing the pilot and one passenger while three passengers were injured. The BEA could not establish the exact cause without a flight data recorder and recommended extending the recorder requirement to high performance aircraft.