Accident to the Autogire Xenon 2 RT identified 88-NJ on 17/08/2015 at Aire-sur-la-Lys (62)

Collision avec le sol, incendie

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Vol au départ de l'aérodrome de Merville (59).

Le pilote contacte la tour de contrôle de Merville lors de son décollage. 13 minutes après, le contrôleur perd le contact radio et radar. L'épave est retrouvée dans un champ.

Final report (FR) (2017/03/16)

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General information
Local date	17/08/2015
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 62 Pas-de-Calais
Location	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	2
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	F-POST: Fire/smoke (post-impact), LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight, CABIN: Cabin safety events
File number	BEA2015-0482

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 4-Gyroplane
Operator	France
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER
Aircraft Registration	88-NJ
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France - LFQT (HZB) : Merville Calonne
Planned destination	France - LFQT (HZB) : Merville Calonne
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	CAL101735
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Local

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