Date:	Tuesday 15 August 2023
Time:	c. 11:43 LT
Type:	Robin DR.400/140B Dauphin 4
Owner/operator:	Aéro-club Loudunais
Registration:	F-GMXY
MSN:	2239
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Loire River, near Lavau-sur-Loire, Loire-Atlantique -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Loudun Airfield (LFDL)
Destination airport:	La Baule-Escoublac Airfield (LBY/LFRE)
Investigating agency:	BEA
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Robin DR.400/140B Dauphin 4 crashed into the Loire River near Lavau-sur-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, with three persons on board.

The aircraft had departed its home base Loudun Airfield (LFDL) at 10:55 hours local time on a flight to La Baule-Escoublac Airfield (LBY/LFRE).
ADS-B data shows that the flight followed the Loire River until it made a descending right-hand turn with the last ADS-B datapoint being registered at 11:42 near Lavau-sur-Loire.
Debris was reported in the water at around 18:30 and one of the three bodies was recovered.
The two other occupants didn't survive but are not yet found.

The 16 aug; the 2 other body were recovered in the swamp.

Weather reported at Saint-Nazaire Montoir Airport, about 13 km west of the last recorded ADS-B point (0942Z):
LFRZ 151000Z AUTO 31005KT 230V030 9999 OVC012 18/16 Q1018 BECMG BKN020
LFRZ 150930Z AUTO 33005KT 270V020 9999 OVC013 18/16 Q1018 BECMG BKN020

https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/faits-divers/un-aeronef-porte-disparu-en-loire-atlantique-e19f6368-3b82-11ee-b327-5225e698095e
https://www.actu44.fr/le-journaliste-gerard-leclerc-decede-dans-un-accident-davion/
https://www.cnews.fr/france/2023-08-15/loire-atlantique-trois-personnes-dont-le-journaliste-gerard-leclerc-meurent-dans
https://fr.news.yahoo.com/mort-journaliste-g%C3%A9rard-leclerc-tu%C3%A9-193639620.html
https://fr.style.yahoo.com/avion-tourisme-pilot%C3%A9-journaliste-g%C3%A9rard-012437553.html
https://www.lefigaro.fr/faits-divers/mort-de-gerard-leclerc-dans-un-crash-d-avion-deux-corps-repeches-20230816
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-robin-dr400-registered-f-gmxy-on-15-08-2023-at-lavau-sur-loire/

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/FGMXY/history/20230815/0857Z
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-gmxy#319906ff

http://www.aeroclubloudun.fr/les-avions/robin-dr400-140b/

⚠️Accident mortel de l’#avion @RobinAircraft #DR400 immatriculé F-GMXY survenu aujourd’hui à #LavauSurLoire/ Un enquêteur @BEA_Aero et un enquêteur de première information sur place ce jour, rejoints par deux enquêteurs @BEA_Aero demain. Ouverture d’une enquête de sécurité.

— BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) August 15, 2023

FRance - Un corps retrouvé après le crash d’un avion Robin DR.400/140B Major, F-GMXY, de l'aéroclub Loudunais près de Lavau-sur-Loire (44) en face de Paimboeuf.
ASN: https://t.co/X4QXzFU5q9
Presse: https://t.co/MA1YTnGoxv
📷© Anthony Seeley 2023. pic.twitter.com/6cV1HxJ9o8

— PLANES OF LEGEND ✈️ (@PlanesOfLegend) August 15, 2023

Décès du journaliste Gérard Leclerc dans l’accident d’un avion qu’il pilotait. Longtemps ce frère de Julien Clerc fut un pilier de la rédaction d’Antenne 2/France2. Un confrère passionné et passionnant. Condoléances aux proches et à la famille. pic.twitter.com/MJOshjbkid

— Michel Mompontet (@mompontet) August 15, 2023

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Aug-2023 17:15	Romain58	Added
15-Aug-2023 17:18	harro	Updated
15-Aug-2023 19:08	Iceman 29	Updated
15-Aug-2023 19:43	RobertMB	Updated
16-Aug-2023 05:35	harro	Updated
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18-Aug-2023 05:45	Anon.	Updated
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