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| Date: | Wednesday 24 October 2018 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: |  Zenair CH601 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 988AC |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ile Des Pins Moué Airport (ILP/NWWE) -
 New Caledonia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Île des Pins Airport (ILP/NWWE) |
| Île des Pins Airport (ILP/NWWE) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After conducting engine tests, the pilot began aerodrome circuits and reported a problem and a return to the field. Soon after, witnesses reported seeing the aircraft fall in the vicinity of the facilities, and rescuers quickly arrived on site and, when the pilot was released, inadvertently activated the parachute.
Contributing factors:
- the delicate identification of a gradual reduction in engine speed during take-off rolling;
- the difficult consideration of this partial loss of power, in particular for the choice of the trajectory to be adopted;
- a bank angle while maintaining a pitch up, incompatible with the speed of the ultralight during the U-turn;
- the absence of a stall warning system
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/accident-du-zenair-ch601-identifie-988ac-survenu-le-24102018-a-ile-des-pins-moue-988/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2018 12:42 | harro | Added |
| 14-Oct-2019 17:41 | harro | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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