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The pilot was 53-year-old French Polynesian Michel Santeurenne. Air Moorea flights generally only required a single pilot, and on 9 August Santeurenne was flying the short hop without any other crewmembers. He had completed over 3,500 hours of flight time, including 110 hours for Air Moorea since 14 May 2007. He had worked for Air Moorea for three months at the time of the accident. |
The pilot was 53-year-old French Polynesian Michel Santeurenne. Air Moorea flights generally only required a single pilot, and on 9 August Santeurenne was flying the short hop without any other crewmembers. He had completed over 3,500 hours of flight time, including 110 hours for Air Moorea since 14 May 2007. He had worked for Air Moorea for three months at the time of the accident. |
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The oft-traveled Moorea to Tahiti route is one of the shortest in the world – only a 7-minute flight on average – and is flown 40 to 50 times a day. On 9 August 2007, F-OIQI was the aircraft operating the short route. The aircraft took off without incident just past noon, and was climbing through 400 feet when, according to eyewitnesses, it suddenly nosed down without warning and drove into the ocean, killing all 20 on board – 19 passengers and the pilot, Santeurenne.<ref>{{cite news |
The oft-traveled Moorea to Tahiti route is one of the shortest in the world – only a 7-minute flight on average – and is flown 40 to 50 times a day. On 9 August 2007, F-OIQI was the aircraft operating the short route. The aircraft took off without incident just past noon, and was climbing through 400 feet when, according to eyewitnesses, it suddenly nosed down without warning and drove into the ocean, killing all 20 on board – 19 passengers and the pilot, Santeurenne.<ref>{{cite news|title=All 20 Aboard Doomed Air Moorea Flight Feared Dead |url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/08/10/all-20-aboard-doomed-air-moorea-flight-feared-dead |publisher=Oceania Flash via Pacific Magazine |date=10 August 2007 |accessdate=12 August 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175426/http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/08/10/all-20-aboard-doomed-air-moorea-flight-feared-dead |archivedate=27 September 2007 }}</ref> |
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==Investigation== |
==Investigation== |
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| File:Airmoorea dhc-6.jpg F-OIQI, the aircraft involved in the crash, pictured in 2002 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 August 2007 |
| Summary | Loss of control due to deterioration and eventual breaking of a pitch control cable. |
| Site | 1.5 km (0.9 mi) off Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ), French Polynesia 17°29′18″S 149°45′44″W / 17.48833°S 149.76222°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| Operator | Air Moorea |
| Registration | F-OIQI |
| Flight origin | Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ/NTTM), French Polynesia |
| Destination | Papeete-Fa'a'ā International Airport (PPT/NTAA) |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 20 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
Air Moorea Flight 1121 was a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter which crashed shortly after takeoff from Moorea Airport on Moorea Island in French Polynesia on 9 August 2007, killing all 20 people on board.
It was bound for Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport on a regular 7-minute service, one of the shortest on earth, scheduled 40 to 50 times a day. Frequent takeoff and landing is believed to have been a major factor in the crash, because of wear and tear on the elevator cables, inspected only at fixed time-intervals, regardless of usage. Another factor may have been jet-blast from large planes pushing back from the ramp at Fa'a'ā International.
Flight and crash
The aircraft, reg. F-OIQI, was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter built in 1979. The airframe had been flying in more than 55,000 cycles in 30,800 hours prior the crash.
The pilot was 53-year-old French Polynesian Michel Santeurenne. Air Moorea flights generally only required a single pilot, and on 9 August Santeurenne was flying the short hop without any other crewmembers. He had completed over 3,500 hours of flight time, including 110 hours for Air Moorea since 14 May 2007. He had worked for Air Moorea for three months at the time of the accident.
The oft-traveled Moorea to Tahiti route is one of the shortest in the world – only a 7-minute flight on average – and is flown 40 to 50 times a day. On 9 August 2007, F-OIQI was the aircraft operating the short route. The aircraft took off without incident just past noon, and was climbing through 400 feet when, according to eyewitnesses, it suddenly nosed down without warning and drove into the ocean, killing all 20 on board – 19 passengers and the pilot, Santeurenne.[1]
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