ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230040
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| Date: | Thursday 17 October 2019 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: | ELA Aviacion ELA-07S |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 66QN |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Toreilles Airfield -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Toreilles Airfield |
| Toreilles Airfield | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the day of the accident, the student pilot made two flights of around thirty minutes each, with a dual command, with his instructor from the private aerodrome in Torreilles (66). At the end of a third flight, the instructor offered the student to make his first flight in supervised solo. The student pilot took off around 16:15 from runway 01 for a runway circuit. At a height which he assesses at 400 ft, the instructor heard a significant reduction in engine speed then a return to power of the gyroplane which continued its climb to a height estimated at 500 ft, corresponding to the height of the circuit. The instructor, in radio contact with his student, called him to find out the reasons for this variation. The student pilot immediately announced significant gyroplane vibrations. A few seconds later, it dived to the ground with a right bank, collided with the ground and caught fire.
The investigation did not determine the causes of the pilot's vibration and loss of control in flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.lasemaineduroussillon.com/2019/10/18/torreilles-un-pilote-meurt-dans-le-crash-dun-ulm/
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/un-aeronef-s-ecrase-a-torreilles-1571325229
http://www.rotorspot.nl/historic/f-3.php
BEA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Oct-2019 09:13 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Oct-2019 13:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 18-Oct-2019 14:50 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 18-Oct-2019 14:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source] |
| 18-Oct-2019 14:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 20-Jun-2020 07:37 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 14-Oct-2020 14:26 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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