Accident to the Robin DR400 registered F-GOOF on 14/06/2023 at Pressignac

After a first flight lasting two hours and a second flight lasting one hour and thirty minutes, the pilot joined the downwind leg of the Pressignac-Vicq Rebeyrotte aerodrome circuit for a landing on unpaved runway 19. He mistakenly shortened the aerodrome circuit by turning too early onto the base leg to avoid flying over a farm. On landing, after bouncing twice on the runway, he went around. He made another aerodrome circuit and once again turned too early onto the base leg. In the context of a short final approach with a tailwind, he did not manage to stabilise the approach. He continued the approach, even though it was not stabilised due to an excessive speed, and a path that was offset in relation to the runway centreline and above the approach slope. A loss of clear-headedness possibly resulting from the fatigue accrued due to the day’s schedule may have contributed to the pilot not aborting the approach.

During the landing, the aeroplane touched down on the runway about 500 m after threshold 19, to the left of the centreline, it deviated to the left and then exited the runway. The aeroplane collided with the fence located on the left side of the runway and then with trees.