Accident to the microlight giroplane registered 26-AFI occured on 30/04/2016 at Montélimar Ancone (26)

Perte de contrôle lors de la montée initiale, collision avec le sol

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Local flight from Montélimar AD (26).

A witness stated that the autogyro banked to the right during takeoff and fell to the ground.

Final report (FR) (2016/12/05)

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General information
Local date	30/04/2016
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 26 Drôme
Location	AD Montélimar
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2016-0230

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 4-Gyroplane
Operator	France (Privé)
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER
Aircraft Registration	26-AFI
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France - LFLQ : Montélimar Ancône
Planned destination	France - LFLQ : Montélimar Ancône
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	05
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Local

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