ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23729
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| Date: | Monday 16 February 2004 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | PJB Aerocomposite Vega 2000 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | 34-UT |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Candillargues Airfield, Montpellier, Hérault 34 -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Montpellier Candillargues Airfield |
| Montpellier Candillargues Airfield | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot took off at 14:06 from the aerodrome of Montpellier Candillargues.
After performing three right-hand airfield circuits at a height of five hundred feet on runway 15, he joined the normal circuit for ULM (left hand and at five hundred feet) without communicating his decision on the frequency. In end of crosswind, the ULM crashed into the pond.
Examination of the crash site shows that the pilot did not activate the reserve parachute.
The investigation showed that the pilot was the victim of an accident cardiovascular in flight.
In the absence of medical aptitude standards for piloting a microlight and taking into account the experience of the pilot, it is necessary to specify that the investigation revealed that the state the pilot's health proved, for some time incompatible with the maintenance of medical fitness class two aeronautics.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2004/34-t040216/htm/34-t040216.html
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2004/34-t040216/pdf/34-t040216.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Feb-2022 07:21 | tonton-h4 | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 24-Feb-2022 07:26 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2022 19:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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