ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182033
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| Date: | Friday 4 December 2015 |
| Time: | 17:20 LT |
| Type: |  Robin DR.400-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Renault Aéroclub |
| Registration: | F-GAHG |
| MSN: | 1176 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Col du Brabant (Brabant Pass), La Bresse (88), Vosges -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chavenay, Yvelines, France |
| Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The plane crashed under yet undetermined circumstances. Both occupants died in the crash.
Unnamed source close to the crash mentioned unexpected fog and lack of experience from the recently licensed pilot as possible causes (60 hours).
BEA weekly report of opened investigations lists accident as controlled flight into terrain, aircraft made a 180 degrees turn shortly before approaching Colmar and descended.
BEA final report, sept 2016:
3 - TEACHINGS AND CONCLUSION.
The planned and observed weather conditions showed that it was difficult even impossible to make the flight between Chavenay and Colmar in weather conditions of flight at sight (VMC). Furthermore, the late departure time did not allow to reach the destination before the aeronautical night.
The decision to begin then to pursue the flight results from an insufficient preparation of the flight, from a strong will to go to the planned destination, and the likely reliable excess of the pilot as for its capacities to be stolen by degraded weather conditions.
In case of loss of the outside visual references or the difficulty pursuing his navigation, a pilot always has the possibility of asking for help the air control.
Air control can then suggest him an aerodrome of rerouting, a cape to follow or to help him avoid reliefs.
Sources:
http://saintdieinfo.fr/2015/12/bresse-crash-de-lavion-de-tourisme-gendarmerie-aerienne-col-brabant/
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2015/2015.semaine.49.pdf
http://aeroclubrenault.fr/club/avions/f-gahg/
BEA Report, sept 2016: https://www.bea.aero/uploads/tx_elydbrapports/BEA2015-0731.pdf
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2015 12:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Dec-2015 19:23 | Paitoon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2015 17:34 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 08-Dec-2015 20:35 | Paitoon | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2015 17:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2016 12:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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