Accident to the Robin - DR400 - 120 registered F-GIKZ on 12/09/2020 at Arcachon - La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde)
Décollage en dehors des limites de masse et centrage, maintien du second régime de vol lors de la montée initiale, perte de contrôle en vol, collision avec le sol, incendie
Cat. 2 investigation report: simplified-format report, adapted to the circumstances of the occurrence and the investigation stakes.
The pilot took off from Arcachon - La Teste-de-Buch airport to take passengers he did not know on a flight that he had gifted to an association. This flight was made as a private flight.
The flight was undertaken with the aeroplane outside the weight and balance envelope, which degraded its performance at take-off and made it more difficult to pilot.
From rotation, the pilot adopted a steep nose-up attitude that he maintained for the initial climb. The aeroplane remained on the backside of the power curve and the final path with a tailwind may have made it more difficult to exit it. The aeroplane probably stalled at low height over pine trees, struck the top of a tree and then hit the ground.