Date:	Wednesday 24 July 2019
Time:	12:45
Type:	Taylor J.T.1 Monoplane
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-AWGZ
MSN:	PFA 1406
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Larche, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 04 -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Barcelonnette - Saint-Pons (LFMR)
Destination airport:	Castelnuovo don Bosco Airfield (LILF)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The pilot took off from Barcelonnette aerodrome, bound for Italy via the Col de Larche. He was accompanied by two other Taylor Monoplanes and an Evektor EV97 Eurostar (G-SJES) After gaining altitude over Larche, the pilot entered the valley situated to the east of the village, following the three aircraft.
After a few seconds, they realized that they had entered the wrong valley. The other three aircraft turned around, but the pilot no longer had enough height and made an emergency landing. It hit a hillock and the plane bounced, then landed hard. The propeller broke and the plane flipped over. The pilot evacuates the plane unscathed.
The pilot of the EV97, had come out of the valley, made another U-turn to the left and one of the Monoplane pilots saw him spinning and colliding with the ground at 2775m altitude, at Pré-la-Font, south of "la Tête de Viraysse".
Two persons died in the G-SJES plane.

https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-diver-justice/deux-morts-dans-le-crash-de-deux-avions-de-loisirs-dans-les-alpes-de-haut-provence-1563964296
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/deux-morts-collision-entre-deux-avions-loisirs-alpes-hautes-provence-1703180.html
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-two-brits-dead-one-18766785
https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-provence/2019/07/24/collision-en-vol-deux-avions-de-tourisme-se-crashent-dans-le-secteur-du-col-de-larche
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/accident-du-taylor-monoplane-immatricule-g-awgz-survenu-le-24072019-a-larche-04/
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https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AWGZ
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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=227526

[accident aérien]Deux avions de loisir se sont écrasés dans la vallée à proximité de Larche. Le centre opérationnel départemental est ouvert. Plus d'informations sur https://t.co/G4T5IDxm0Q pic.twitter.com/Z2l23jwQWF

— Préfet des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (@Prefet04) July 24, 2019

⚠️ Accident mortel de l’#ulm #evektor #ev97 du 24/07/19 près du col de Larche / 2 enquêteurs @BEA_Aero héliportés sur place. L’aéronef faisait partie d’un groupe de 4 ulm: 2 rentrés, 1 accidenté (mortel) & 1 posé en urgence. / examens épave + site & recueil témoignages en cours. pic.twitter.com/HV8ifBdOsq

— BEA | Bureau d'Enquêtes & d'Analyses ✈️ ?? ?? (@BEA_Aero) July 25, 2019

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Jul-2019 11:01	gerard57	Added
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24-Jul-2019 20:29	Iceman 29	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
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