Accident to the microlight Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200 identified 34-AMD on 10/03/2017 at Langogne-Lespéron (07)

Perte de contrôle en vol à faible hauteur, collision avec le sol, incendie

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Flight from Langogne-Lespéron AD (07) to Puy Loudes AD (43)

The pilot and a passenger took off from unpaved runway 04. After takeoff, the pilot turned left quickly towards Puy. He then turned left again and headed towards the aerodrome without gaining any altitude. A witness saw the ULM descend suddenly nose-down, collide with the ground in a field and catch fire. The wreckage was located left of the runway about 150 m from the threshold of 04.

Final report (FR) (2018/02/26)

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General information
Local date	10/03/2017
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 07 Ardèche
Location	AD Langogne Lespéron
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, UNK: Unknown or undetermined
File number	BEA2017-0118

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 3-Fixed wing
Operator	France
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER - Not mapped
Aircraft Registration	34-AMD
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France - LFHL : Langogne Lespéron
Planned destination	France - LFHP (LPY): Le Puy Loudes
Flight phase	Unknown
Serial number	72
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Cross Country

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