Accident to the Microlight WT9 Dynamic identified 68-US on 17/05/2017 at Battenheim

Ouverture intempestive de la verrière en vol, perte de controle, collision avec des arbres, puis le sol, incendie

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Final report on this event is only available on the french version of this page.

Final report (FR) (2018/07/25)

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General information
Local date	17/05/2017
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 68 Haut-Rhin
Location	Battenheim
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	F-POST: Fire/smoke (post-impact), LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2017-0269

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 3-Fixed wing
Operator	France
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPOOL - WT9
Aircraft Registration	68US
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France - LFGB : Mulhouse Habsheim
Planned destination	France - LFGC : Strasbourg Neuhof
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	DY220/2008
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Cross Country

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