Cessna 340 crash, Dec 2, 2024, Pernand-Vergelesses
Cessna 340 accident on December 2, 2024 near Pernand-Vergelesses, Côte-d'Or, France with no fatalities. Cause: BEA: weather unsuitable for visual...
- Date: December 2, 2024
- Aircraft: Cessna 340
- Location: Pernand-Vergelesses, Côte-d'Or, France
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: BEA: weather unsuitable for visual flight, exam time pressure, an unfamiliar aircraft type and fatigue contributed, and visual reference was lost in low cloud.
A Cessna 340 on a multi engine class rating check flight lost visual reference in low cloud and rain while descending to Beaune and hit trees in a vineyard. The examiner and the student pilot were both seriously injured. BEA listed time pressure and weather unsuitable for visual flight among the contributing factors.