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2 Planes Collide in Beaugeay France, 4 Fatalities

What: Aeroclub les Ailes Cognacaises Tissot-Charbonnier TC-160 Oceanair en route from Cognac
Where: Beaugeay France
When: 17-OCT-2009 10:50
Who: 3 occupants, 3 fatalities

What: Aeroclub du Pays Rochefortais Robin DR 400/120A Petit Prince
Where: Beaugeay France
When: 17-OCT-2009 10:50
Who: 1 pilot, 1 fatality
Why For unknown reasons, the planes collided.

The TC160 aircraft took off around 10:00 from Cognac in Vienne. The pilot was winemaker Jean-Paul Rodet, a pilot with 40 hours of internship, under an instructor’s supervision Guy Ploucharta, a military pilot with 15 thousand air hours. The third person on board was a fellow pilot from Ariege.

The ultralight plane was piloted by a 20-year-old from the Aero Club of Saint-Agnant near Rochefort, performing her first stand-alone flight under the supervision of the flight control tower at the home airport Aero Club – 5 km from Beaugey.

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