Accident to the gyroplane Calidus identified 02AHO on 30/09/2023 at Mardeuil
Collision with a power line during low-height flight
The pilot of 02AHO indicated that he had experienced a problem leading to the radio switching off and then the engine shutting down while he was flying in a group with four other aircraft, namely two gyroplane and two fixed-wing microlights. He specified that after managing to restart the radio and the engine, he left the formation in order to carry out a precautionary landing.
A few minutes later, when the pilot was flying over the Marne at a low height, the microlight collided with a power line that the pilot had seen too late.
The investigation was not able to understand the reasons which led the pilot to fly 150 ft overhead the middle of the Marne, at high speed when he had doubts about the operation of the engine. Indeed, the flight path taken by the pilot was not such that a safe precautionary landing could be carried out.
Furthermore, the BEA was not able to confirm either the faults mentioned by the pilot or their correlations.