ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213706
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| Date: | Saturday 28 July 2018 |
| Time: | 09:30 LT |
| Type: |  Robin DR.400-180 Régent |
| Owner/operator: | Les Ailes Ardennaises |
| Registration: | F-GFXE |
| MSN: | 1755 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Charleville-Mézières Airport, Ardennes 08 -
 France
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Charleville-Mézières Airfield (XCZ/LFQV) |
| Charleville-Mézières Airfield (XCZ/LFQV) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight was planned as part of an event organized for the anniversary of a local company, during which approximately 50 discovery flights were scheduled.
The pilot arrived at the Charleville-Mézières aerodrome shortly after 08:30. He took the two planes out of the aeroclub hangar with the help of another pilot around 09:05, then began the pre-flight check of F-GFXE.
He boarded three passengers at 09:17 and started the engine five minutes later.
He then taxied to the holding point where he performed engine tests at 09:26, before returning to runway 11 and stopping. There, he performed the following actions corresponding to items on the pre-takeoff checklist: flap extension and ignition of the electric pump. He took off at 09:28, from the threshold, without having carried out a briefing or used a written checklist.
The aircraft took off after about 350 meters, then, as it reached a height of about 140 ft in initial climb, the engine rpm suddenly decreased. The pilot immediately turned to the left without putting the plane in descent.
A few seconds later, the plane stalled and collides with the ground in a grove.
A pilot took off a few minutes later from runway 29, also accompanied by passengers, without having noticed the accident.
One of the surviving passengers alerted the rescue at 09:55.
Contributing factors:
Assuming that there was fuel starvation as a result of the fuel selector being moved, the following factors may have contributed to the engine shut-down:
- The absence of a before take-off briefing.
- The pilot not using the written check-lists which may have resulted in the fuel tank selected before take-off not being checked (this hypothesis could explain the pilot’s very probable action on the selector during the take-off run).
- The fuel tank changes during the take-off run.
- The continuing of the take-off despite the red light on the warning panel coming on.
These factors may have been partly caused by the pilot being in a rush due to the time pressure arising from the organization of a large number of sight-seeing flights without a suitable structure. It is likely that the financial situation of the flying club prompted the president to accept this very ambitious programme with respect to the available means.
We can reasonably suppose that prior discussions and a basic risk study might have contributed to identifying this pressure and the associated difficulties.
The correct fastening of the seatbelts of the rear passengers might have perhaps mitigated their injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BEA
http://www.lardennais.fr/104412/article/2018-07-28/accident-d-avion-dans-les-ardennes
http://www.champagnefm.com/news/un-avion-s-ecrase-dans-les-ardennes-44504
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/deux-morts-et-deux-blesses-lors-d-un-bapteme-d-avion-dans-les-ardennes-1532788093
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/ardennes-deux-morts-deux-blesses-lors-bapteme-air-avion-1519094.html
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http://www.ailes08.fr/index.php/auto-genere-a-partir-du-titre
http://www.ailes08.fr/images/avions/XE-1.JPG
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 March 2004 | F-GFXE | 0 | Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme 63 | |
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Images:
Taken at LFQV 20100627
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2018 10:24 | harro | Added |
| 28-Jul-2018 10:26 | harro | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2018 10:28 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2018 10:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2018 10:33 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Jul-2018 10:39 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 28-Jul-2018 10:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2018 10:46 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2018 12:07 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 28-Jul-2018 12:10 | harro | Updated [Date] |
| 28-Jul-2018 20:51 | DIEBIE | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 28-Jul-2018 22:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2018 10:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 14-Dec-2020 17:10 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 22-Feb-2021 12:32 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report] |
| 30-Jun-2022 04:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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