ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223827
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| Date: | Monday 8 April 2019 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Robin DR 400-180 Regent |
| Owner/operator: | ACTC-SXB |
| Registration: | F-GEKG |
| MSN: | 1732 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nîmes-Garons Airport, Gard 30 -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nîmes-Garons airport (FNI / LFTW) |
| Nîmes-Garons airport (FNI / LFTW) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On returning from a flight to Montpellier Méditerranée, at night with dual controls, the pilot in training situation made a touch and go take-off on runway 18 of the Nîmes Garons aerodrome. In the middle of the downwind leg, when configuring the aircraft for the approach, the instructor pulled the carburetor warm-up control.
At the end of the down wind leg, while the pilot steered to base leg, the engine speed suddenly decreased. The instructor operated the power control and the speed increased. The plane was too high on the approach. The aircraft descended which had an effect on the speed. The instructor, therefore, asked the pilot to reduce the power. When the power was reduced, the engine speed decreased abnormally and then the engine stopped.
The instructor took control and took a convergent trajectory towards the approach course while maintaining the gliding speed. He tried to restart the engine, without success. He failed to reach the runway and made a forced landing short of the runway.
On several occasions during the flight, the aircraft evolved in conditions most likely favorable to phenomena of heavy icing of the engine carburetor.
When leveling off at the start of the crosswind leg up to the middle of the downwind leg, neither the pilot nor the instructor pre-emptively activated the carburetor heating control. It was only pulled in the middle of down wind.
It is very likely that a phenomenon of icing of the carburetor of the engine started before the instructor actuated the control of the carburetor heating system. These two minutes without heating the carburetor could have been sufficient to cause the power reductions encountered during the power reduction, then the engine stopped.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BEA aéro
History of this aircraft
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Images:
The day after the accident. Motor shield was remove by BEA investigators.
Media:
⚠️ Accident non mortel du #Robin #DR400 immatriculé F-GEKG survenu le 08/04/19 vers 22h30 à #Nîmes / Atterissage avant la piste dans la rampe d’approche / @BEA_Aero est sur place. #safetytogether #avgeeks #avgeek pic.twitter.com/HsAdKUAjHW
— BEA | Bureau d'Enquêtes & d'Analyses ✈️ 🚁🛩 🇫🇷 (@BEA_Aero) 9 avril 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2019 10:21 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 09-Apr-2019 10:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 09-Apr-2019 11:45 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 09-Apr-2019 16:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2019 10:31 | Zoulou | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 24-Feb-2020 20:37 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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