PA46, Courchevel France, 2019

PA46, Courchevel France, 2019

Summary

On 8 February 2019, a Piper PA46-350P overran the landing runway at Courchevel and collided with a mound of snow which caused significant damage to the aircraft but only one minor injury to a passenger. The Investigation noted the Captain's low level of experience but the investigation effort was primarily focused on the risk which had resulted from a commercial air transport flight being conducted without complying with the appropriate regulatory requirements for such flights and without either the passengers involved or the State Safety Regulator being aware of this.

Description

On 8 February 2019, a Piper PA46-350P (F-GUYZ) being privately operated for commercial air transport purposes on a non-scheduled IFR domestic flight taking three ticketed business passengers from Toussus-le-Noble to Courchevel failed to stop before reaching the end of the destination landing runway after a day VMC approach was followed by a late touchdown. It then collided with a snow bank resulting in damage to aircraft but the five occupants were uninjured.  

Investigation

An Investigation into the Accident was carried out by the French Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Agency, the BEA. Relevant flight data was recovered from the aircraft’s avionics suite memory card and information concerning the conduct of the flight was available in statements by the two pilots on board and from videos taken by the passengers. The wider and somewhat complex circumstances under which the flight had been performed were established by widening the scope of the Investigation. 

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