Accident to the microlight FK14 Polaris registered OO-E72 on 06/04/2017 at Megève

Perte de contrôle en virage au cours d’une remise de gaz sur un altiport, collision avec le sol, incendie

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Vol AD Namur (Belgique) - AD Megève (74).

Le pilote de l'ULM, membre d'une formation de 5 ULM, remet les gaz lors de son atterrissage sur l'altiport de Megève. L'ULM part vers la droite, heurte des arbres puis entre en collision avec le sol à 70 m de la piste et prend feu.

Final report (FR) (2018/04/25)

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General information
Local date	06/04/2017
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 74 Haute-Savoie
Location	ALP Megève
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	BEA2017-0179

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 3-Fixed wing
Operator	Belgium
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER
Aircraft Registration	OO-E72
State of registry	Belgium
Last departure point	France - LFHN : Bellegarde Vouvray
Planned destination	France - LFHM (MVV): Megève (Altiport)
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Cross Country

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