ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190270
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 April 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Grinvalds G.802 Orion |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | F-WZLX |
| MSN: | 01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orvilliers-Saint-Julien -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On April 3 1985, the designer of the Grinvalds G.802 Orion composite kit aircraft died in a crash. The accident was caused by breaks in the rear part of the fuselage due to unbalance caused by the loss of a propeller blade.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://www.bea.aero/docspa/1999/f-dl990206/htm/f-dl990206.htm]
http://www.romilly-aviation.fr/crashes-post-1945.htm
Media:
.jpg#/media/File:F-WZLX_G_802_Grinvald_Orion_01_(7344509062).jpg)
By happy days photos and art - F-WZLX G 802 Grinvald Orion 01, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30943166
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2016 19:14 | harro | Added |
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