Accident to the Air Creation identified 79HX on 09/08/2020 at Aslonnes
Approche avec vent arrière, turbulences en courte finale, remise de gaz, contrôle insuffisant de la trajectoire, collision avec un arbre puis le sol, incendie
On arriving near a microlight strip, which he was using for the first time, the pilot flew over its facilities. With no windsock installed, he decided to land on runway 03 based on radio messages from pilots landing on runway 06 at a nearby microlight strip. He compared the airspeed with the ground speed indicated by an aeronautical application installed on his tablet, which reinforced
his decision.
During the final approach, the pilot did not identify that he was flying with a tailwind. On short final, he encountered turbulence and the microlight lost height. The pilot went around but could not remember precisely what he did or what happened next.
A tailwind with a right crosswind component along with turbulence, combined with the engine effects, may have made this flight phase more difficult to control.
Describing the situation as very stressful, the pilot was unable to control the path of the flex-wing microlight, which deviated to the left of the runway and did not regain sufficient height to avoid collision with a tree.