Mid-air collision Accident Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee F-GHSX,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24539
 
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Date:Wednesday 25 August 2004
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee
Owner/operator:
Registration: F-GHSX
MSN: 25-2387
Year of manufacture:1963
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Mont-Louis -   France
Phase: Take off
Nature:Banner and glider towing
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: BEA
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Loss of control at take-off when towing a glider.
Stress due to the apprehension of a solo flight with little recent experience of the type of glider. Insufficient consideration of the characteristics of the coupling by the glider pilot.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BEA
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

BEA

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
14-Mar-2024 12:21 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report]

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