Date:	Sunday 16 September 2018
Time:	16:27
Type:	Robin DR.400/120
Owner/operator:	Aero-club du Limousin
Registration:	F-GCRY
MSN:	1492
Year of manufacture:	1980
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Saint-Secondin, Vienne 86 -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS/LFBI)
Destination airport:	Limoges-Bellegarde Airport (LIG/LFBL)
Investigating agency:	BEA
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The pilot took off from Limoges Bellegarde aerodrome (Haute-Vienne) at about 15:30 for Poitiers Biard aerodrome (Vienne). He was planning to make a one-hour-and ten minute return flight. F-GCRY was not equipped with an autopilot.
After announcing a go-around at Poitiers Biard at around 16:15, the pilot continued on the return journey to Limoges. The path followed corresponded roughly to the
planned flight path and the cruising altitude was relatively stable between 2,100 and 2,500 ft. At 16:18, he left the Poitiers CTR frequency and contacted the flight information sector. He displayed the transponder code requested by the FIS and
indicated that he would call back when exiting the sector. No other communication between the pilot and the controller was recorded.
At around 16:30, the aircraft hit the ground in the vicinity of the last recorded radar blip.

CONCLUSIONS:
While cruising at about 2,200 ft, the aircraft suddenly lost altitude and collided with the ground.
The safety investigation found no technical evidence to account for the accident and could not explain the aircraft’s steep descent before hitting the ground.

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Accident d'un avion Robin DR400 à Saint-Secondin dans la Vienne : les débris ont été retrouvés ce dimanche à Saint-Secondin, 1 mort - France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine. https://t.co/qHCHsCVwzD pic.twitter.com/VgoL2yGmvu

— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 17 septembre 2018

Accident mortel de l’avion #DR400 immatriculé F-GCRY survenu le 16/09/18 à #SaintSecondin / Tous les éléments de l’avion ont été identifiés. L’avion s’est écrasé avec une très forte vitesse verticale. Des composants sont transférés à @BEA_Aero au Bourget pour analyse. pic.twitter.com/5SMx0GEuq5

— BEA | Bureau d'Enquêtes & d'Analyses ✈️ ?? ?? (@BEA_Aero) 17 septembre 2018

Une double enquête ouverte après le crash mortel d’un avion à #SaintSecondin près de #Gencay pic.twitter.com/VmfOXkayhb

— faitsdivers86 (@NRCP_POITIERS) 17 septembre 2018

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