ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239185
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| Date: | Thursday 6 August 2020 |
| Time: | c. 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Flight Design CTSW |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 83AGL |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cruis, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 04 -
 France
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fréjus (Var) |
| Cruis private airstrip | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Flight Design CTSW crashed near Cruis, killing both occupants.
The ultralight left Fréjus (Var) earlier in the day on a flight to a private airfield at Cruis.
According to initial information, the aircraft would have bounced on landing before the pilot made a go-around. The aircraft crashed and caught fire.
BEA final report:
On approach to a microlight platform where he was probably landing for the first time, with a tailwind component, the pilot encountered difficulties in stabilising his final.
The touchdown occurred at the level of the chevrons, which is the end point indicated in the platform sheet, with the flaps in landing configuration and an airspeed consistent with the flight manual recommendations.
Probably due to abnormal contact with the runway, the pilot decided to take off again despite the slope of the runway.
During the relaunch, the flaps initially remained in the landing configuration. The pilot did not have the power available to maintain speed and to achieve a sufficient climb gradient.
The microlight then flew at low speed and high angle of attack with the engine delivering maximum power, a situation typical of the "second regime" situation.
The pilot retracted the flaps, probably in an attempt to gain speed, and the microlight stalled at a height of about 12 metres. The pilot was unable to regain control of the trajectory before the collision with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.dici.fr/actu/2020/08/06/alpes-de-haute-provence-deux-morts-crash-d-un-aeronef-cruis-1426176
https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2020/08/06/cruis-deux-hommes-perissent-dans-un-accident-d-ulm
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https://www.bea.aero/fileadmin/user_upload/BEA2020-0322.pdf
Media:
📄Rapport sur l'accident de l’#ULM @flightdesignct #CTSW identifié 83AGL survenu le 06/08/2020 à #Cruis / Remise des gaz lors de l’atterrissage, perte de contrôle, collision avec le sol, incendie / https://t.co/6pOMHJfHNa pic.twitter.com/u4RTOHfv8P
— BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) August 4, 2021
⚠️Accident mortel de l’ulm #FlightDesign #CTSW identifié 83AGL survenu ce jour à #Cruis / Un enquêteur de première information sur place rejoint par 2 enquêteurs @BEA_Aero demain matin / Une enquête de sécurité @BEA_Aero est ouverte.
— BEA ✈️ 🚁🛩 🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) August 6, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2020 17:40 | harro | Added |
| 06-Aug-2020 17:42 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2020 18:55 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2020 19:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2020 19:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2020 19:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 07-Aug-2020 05:57 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2021 19:28 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2021 13:46 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
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