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| Date: | Sunday 25 August 2019 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Jodel D.18 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 89-WP |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Selle-en-Hermoy, Loiret 45 -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pont-sur-Yonne Airfield (LFGO) |
| La Selle-en-Hermoy Airstrip | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot undertook a flight to an ultralight airfield he had previously used once with this aircraft. However, given the length of the runway as well as the wind and temperature conditions, the performance of the Jodel made it difficult to land. On the final, the pilot lost control of his aircraft.
Contributing Factors
- The pilot’s decision to take advantage of the flexibility of microlight regulations to continue flying despite serious chronic pathologies that may have affected his performance, particularly due to the significant heat.
- The choice of an airspeed on final that was close to the stall speed in order to shorten the landing distance as much as possible.
- Insufficient awareness on the part of the pilot, who held a microlight pilot licence only, of the consequences of operating an aircraft with a stall speed greater than that required to qualify as a microlight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ouest-france.fr/centre-val-de-loire/loiret/un-petit-avion-s-ecrase-dans-le-loiret-un-mort-6491153
http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/un-petit-avion-s-ecrase-dans-le-loiret-un-mort-20190825
https://www.larep.fr/selle-en-hermoy-45210/actualites/un-ulm-s-ecrase-dans-le-montargois-un-homme-de-72-ans-est-decede_13628436/
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/accident-d-ulm-mortel-dans-le-loiret-il-a-perdu-le-controle-il-s-est-crashe-a-la-verticale-1566754999
Images:
Media:
⚠️ Accident mortel d’un ULM #Jodel #D18 lors de l'atterrissage survenu dimanche 25/08/19 à #LaSelleEnHermoy / 2 enquêteurs @BEA_Aero
— BEA ✈️ ?? ?? (@BEA_Aero) August 26, 2019
sont sur place. pic.twitter.com/CqHffMeJtc
?? France , Loiret, Un ULM s'écrase à l'est de Montargis à La Selle-en-Hermoy : Le pilote de 72 ans est décédé.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) August 25, 2019
ASN: https://t.co/qiAYcXuHB0
Presse: https://t.co/EFMdhF4Tpj pic.twitter.com/fR4D9ggNSD
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2019 19:53 | RobertMB | Added |
| 25-Aug-2019 19:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2019 20:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 25-Aug-2019 20:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 25-Aug-2019 20:25 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 25-Aug-2019 20:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Aug-2019 09:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 27-Aug-2019 05:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Apr-2020 09:04 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 01-Apr-2020 09:05 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Accident report, ] |
| 20-Jun-2020 09:42 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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