Accident to the ULM ELA Junior identified 56-RF on 13/11/2015 at Courseulles-sur-Mer (14)

Perte de contrôle lors d'une montée à forte pente, collision avec le sol

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Vol local P-F ULM Courseulle-sur-Mer (14).

Des témoins indiquent que lors de circuits d'aérodrome le pilote réalise un passage à basse hauteur à grande vitesse au dessus de la piste suivi d'une ressource. Il perd le contrôle de l'autogire qui heurte le sol à proximité de l'extrémité de la piste.

Final report (FR) (2017/02/27)

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General information
Local date	13/11/2015
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 14 Calvados
Location	P-F ULM Courseulles-sur-Mer
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	AMAN: Abrupt maneuvre, LALT: Low altitude operations, LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2015-0693

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 4-Gyroplane
Operator	France
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER
Aircraft Registration	56-RF
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France (P-F UM Courseulles-sur-Mer)
Planned destination	France (P-F UM Courseulles-sur-Mer)
Flight phase	Manoeuvring
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Local

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