Accident to the Guerin G1 identified 78XZ on 12/09/2021 at Autouillet

Mouvement à piquer en montée initiale, collision avec le sol, incendie

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

During a local flight from Boissy-sans-Avoir microlight strip, the pilot carried out a touch-and-go from runway 30. Following this manoeuvre and in initial climb, the microlight suddenly entered a steep nose-down attitude before striking the ground with its wings level. The investigation was not able to determine what caused the microlight to take this nose-down attitude.

Final report

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General information
Local date	12/09/2021
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 78 Yvelines
Location	Autouillet
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
File number	BEA2021-0451

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 3-Fixed wing
Operator	France
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER
Aircraft Registration	78XZ
State of registry	France
Last departure point	Other (PF ULM La Ferme des Prés (78))
Planned destination	Other (PF ULM La Ferme des Prés (78))
Flight phase	Unknown
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Local

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