ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236296
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| Date: | Thursday 21 May 2020 |
| Time: | c. 15:00 |
| Type: |  Centrair 101A Pegase |
| Owner/operator: | Centre de Vol à Voile de l'Ubaye - CVVU |
| Registration: | F-CHDJ |
| MSN: | 101A0366 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons Airport (BAE/LFMR) -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Barcelonnette Airfield (BAE/LFMR) |
| Barcelonnette Airfield (BAE/LFMR) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot indicated that after being released at an altitude of 1900 m, he was unable to find thermals and decided to land. On joining the beginning of the downwind leg, he observed that he had lost a lot of altitude. He carried out a close downwind leg at low height and then a U-shaped landing circuit. On coming out of the last turn, the left wing of the glider struck a tree. The glider collided with the ground and came to a stop at around 130 m from the displaced threshold of runway 27.
It is very likely that, when configuring the glider for landing before reaching the beginning of the downwind leg, the pilot had inadvertently manipulated the airbrake control instead of the landing gear. He then locked the airbrake control on the detent corresponding to the first "airbrakes extended" position.
Contributing factors
Contributing factors to the probable confusion of the controls on the part of the pilot:
- His lack of recent experience. His lack of reference points when he began his first approach in almost nine months may have required him to pay more attention to certain aspects of the flight, such as the trajectory, to the detriment of other aspects, such as the verification of the controls he was handling.
- Inappropriate management of the CVVU's resumption of activity, particularly in the particular context of the health crisis at COVID-19, which occasionally did not make it possible to ensure that each pilot has sufficient recent experience before undertaking a solo flight.
The following may have contributed to the locking of the airbrakes in the intermediate position and the non-detection of this situation:
- The pilot's lack of awareness of the glider's particularities, in particular the presence of locking notches in the extended position on the F-CHDJ's airbrake control.
- The CVVU's low level of pilot awareness of this specific feature, particularly in view of the differences that this creates with the second Pegase glider used by the CVVU, which has not been modified.
- The lack of visual verification by the pilot of the results of his actions on the F-CHDJ. flight controls, in particular the correct positioning of the controls landing gear. Failing to carry out this check systematically, the concomitance between the action carried out and the high drop rate observed by the pilot could have alerted him.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/5994831/alpes-de-haute-provence-le-planeur-secrase-en-bout-de-piste-lors-de-la-phase-datterrissage?fbclid=IwAR13AInE8BwxnNZHfFmmGUhTdC3mmrMkrMZ2kc8yKUMC-28EmrUTHMMdh7s
http://www.hauteprovenceinfo.com/article-31919-alpes-de-haute-provence-un-homme-grievement-blesse-dans-un-accident-de-planeur.html
Media:
🇫🇷France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence : le planeur Centrair 101A Pegase s'écrase en bout de piste lors de la phase d’atterrissage
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) May 22, 2020
Le pilote a été hospitalisé dans un état grave sur l’hôpital Nord de Marseille.
ASN: https://t.co/mWANRoMINl
Presse: https://t.co/I3j86916Rf pic.twitter.com/McUTPkOrrM
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2020 20:25 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 21-May-2020 21:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2020 07:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 22-May-2020 08:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Jan-2021 15:14 | harro | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 29-Jan-2021 15:19 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
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