Date:	Sunday 18 April 2021
Time:	13:20
Type:	Robin DR.400/140B Dauphin 4
Owner/operator:	Aeroclub Paris.Aero
Registration:	F-GNNE
MSN:	2247
Year of manufacture:	1994
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Saint-Pathus, Seine-et-Marne -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Beauvais-Tillé Airport (BVA/LFOB)
Destination airport:	Lognes-Emerainville Airfield (LFPL)
Investigating agency:	BEA
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Robin DR.400/140B Dauphin 4 impacted open field terrain under unknown circumstances near Saint-Pathus, Seine-et-Marne. The airplane was destroyed and the four people onboard were fatally injured.

Three student pilots, accompanied by their instructor, each carried out in turn a leg of a triangular navigation between the aerodromes of Lognes, Le Touquet and Beauvais as part of training with a view to obtaining a license.
During the last leg to Lognes, and shortly after they had flown over Le Plessis-Belleville Airfield, a Great Cormorant struck the left wing of the aircraft. The collision significantly degraded the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft. It also invalidated the airspeed displayed on board. The instructor, who probably took over the controls, probably tried to minimize the rolling of the aircraft. However, the aeroplane, which had become very difficult to control, rolled to the left then nose-down before colliding with the ground.

https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/transports/seine-et-marne-au-moins-quatre-morts-dans-un-accident-d-avion-de-tourisme_AN-202104180169.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/four-dead-in-light-plane-crash-outside-paris-fire-service-101618756219841.html
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/oise/beauvais/crash-d-un-avion-de-tourisme-en-seine-et-marne-les-precisions-d-une-source-proche-du-dossier-2052976.html
https://www.sudouest.fr/france/seine-et-marne-l-avion-de-tourisme-accidente-a-percute-un-oiseau-2228292.php

Data ________________

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/FGNNE/history/20210418/1101Z/LFOB/L%2049.06934%202.78602
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/24029_1526065786.jpg (photo)

BEA _________________

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Apr-2021 14:54	Captain Adam	Added
18-Apr-2021 15:48	Captain Adam	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
18-Apr-2021 16:26	Iceman 29	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Photo, ]
18-Apr-2021 16:29	Iceman 29	Updated [Time, Embed code, ]
18-Apr-2021 16:37	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
18-Apr-2021 17:28	Captain Adam	Updated [Narrative, ]
19-Apr-2021 19:26	harro	Updated [Category, ]
20-Apr-2021 17:17	Iceman 29	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
21-Apr-2021 20:57	Iceman 29	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
21-Apr-2021 20:59	Iceman 29	Updated [Narrative, ]
01-Apr-2022 05:55	harro	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]
25-Aug-2022 09:03	harro	Updated [Accident report, ]