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Incident to the Tecnam P2006 registered F-HBDE on 23/04/2025, near Nîmes-Garons AD

Left engine shutdown and impossibilty to feather propeller, forced landing, during instruction

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression In progress
Progress: 50%

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Local instruction flight at Nîmes-Garon AD :

During a handling exercise in an instruction flight, the left engine stopped operating and jammed.  The instructor took the controls but was unable to feather the propeller. Realising that he could not maintain level flight and reach the aerodrome, he carried out a forced landing in a field.