Serious incident to the Robin DR400 registered F-GUXI on 20/01/2024 at Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole

The pilot, unaccompanied, took off with the project of carrying out runway circuits with missed approaches as the restrictions in force at the aerodrome that day meant that he could not land and then taxi to the holding point to take off again. 

During the third approach, the pilot joined the approach slope with an aiming point situated around 200 m before the displaced threshold. The aeroplane flew over the motorway at a height of four metres. The aeroplane’s left main landing gear very probably struck a lorry which was on the runway axis and heading north on the A12 motorway.

During the two previous approaches, the aeroplane had also flown over the motorway at a low height.