ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266295
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| Date: | Monday 2 August 2021 |
| Time: | c. 17:30 LT |
| Type: | Sportine Aviacija LAK-17B Mini FES |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | LY-GRO |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Serres-La Bâtie-Montsaléon airport (LFTM) -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hyeres-Serres - La Bâtie-Montsaléon Airfield (LFTM) |
| Hyeres-Serres - La Bâtie-Montsaléon Airfield (LFTM) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider (equipped with FES electric sustainer engine) stalled during the approach to the LFTM airport. According to the witness of the accident, the pilot attempted to land with a tailwind (which is usual at this aerodrome if the tailwind component is not too strong). The circle to landing appeared normal until the 3rd and 4th turn. At this time it was visible, that he came to the approach too high what was worsened by the sudden thermals over the field. He overflow huge part of the field at altitude of approximately 50 meters and then he was probably trying to turn 180 degrees, or start the FES, or turn out of the runway and land in nearby lower fields. At this point he stalled the glider (last fix of the gps trecker showed IAS at about 83kmh) and crashed.
Contributing factors
Factors that may have contributed to a high and rapid arrival on final:
- Probably limited flight preparation due to arrival at the airfield shortly before the flight and failure to attend the morning briefing;
- An unsuitable trajectory in the airfield circuit (choice of runway, downwind branch close to the runway, premature turn, unsuitable speed management) with insufficient consideration of the wind conditions which left the pilot little time to stabilize the glider on final;
- A possible confidence of the pilot associated with an emulation linked to the influence of his friend, who preceded him to the landing, with whom he exchanged on the radio and who landed on runway 18 a few minutes before him.
The following factors may have contributed to the loss of control during the landing:
- Insufficient airspeed management which led to the initiation of an autorotation at a low height;
- Decreased stability due to the probable aft centering of the glider with a full vertical stabilizer ballast tank, which may have contributed to the spin;
- The pilot's lack of experience, especially on this type of glider intended for more experienced pilots, as well as his lack of experience on the airfield in solo flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2021/08/02/hautes-alpes-une-personne-decede-dans-un-accident-de-motoplaneur?utm_term=Autofeed&Echobox=1627929908#
Photos________________
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poD_c0_pqQ8
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001488087.html
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001488089.html
Media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poD_c0_pqQ8⚠️Accident mortel du #planeur #SportineAviacija #LAK17B immatriculé LY-GRO survenu le 02/08/2021 près de l'aérodrome #SerresLaBatie / 1 enquêteur de première information et 2 enquêteurs @BEA_Aero sur site le 03/08.
— BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) August 3, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2021 09:25 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 03-Aug-2021 09:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2021 09:28 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Aug-2021 11:24 | gerard57 | Updated [Damage] |
| 03-Aug-2021 17:28 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2021 19:59 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2022 08:09 | harro | Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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