- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 27, 1979
Time: 1726
Location: Rodez, France
Operator: Air Rouergue
Flight #: ?
Route: ?
AC Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 500
Registration: F-BYAH
cn / ln: 10570
Aboard: 6   (passengers:4  crew:2)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:3  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: Struck a mountain. Failure of the crew to level off at the prescribed altitude either due to inadequate monitoring or an altimeter setting error by confusion between QNH and QFE.
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