Accident to the microlight Alpi Aviation Pioneer300 identified 59DST on 18/06/2019 at Maillen [Investigation led by AAIU / Belgium]
Décrochage en finale, collision avec le sol
Responsible entity
Preliminary data based on the notification from the Belgian authorities:
The pilot took the airplane for a flight from Maubeuge airfield to Maillen with a rented airplane.The airplane took off from LFQJ around 11:30UT. When in the pattern of EBML, the pilot reported the engine was set at 3500rpm and 10 degrees flaps. The pilot set the approach speed at 110 km/h and full flaps in final.In short final, the pilot was surprised being too low, he applied full power and pull the stick back. The airplane was on the glide path when it stalled. The airplane fell down in a rapeseed field 200m from the runway threshold.