Accident Robin DR.400/120 F-GUXV, Thursday 14 November 2024
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Date:Thursday 14 November 2024
Time:16:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic DR40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Robin DR.400/120
Owner/operator:Béziers Aeroclub
Registration: F-GUXV
MSN: 2507
Year of manufacture:2001
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Canet-en-Roussillon -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Béziers-Cap d'Agde en Languedoc Airport (BZR/LFMU)
Destination airport:Béziers-Cap d'Agde en Languedoc Airport (BZR/LFMU)
Investigating agency: BEA
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A Robin DR400 overturned during a forced landing in the middle of the vineyards of the Château de l'Esparrou, Canet-en-Rousillon, following a loss of engine power. Both occupants remained unhurt.

The pilot noticed a loss of the intercom and then of the transmission of communications. Shortly after, he observed a decrease in the oil pressure indication to the red zone. He decided to land in the countryside. During landing, the plane hit wires in a vineyard and overturned.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: BEA
Report number: BEA2024-0458
Status: Preliminary report
Report: Preliminary report

Sources:

https://actu.fr/occitanie/canet-en-roussillon_66037/le-moteur-tombe-en-panne-un-avion-finit-au-milieu-des-vignes-dans-les-pyrenees-orientales_61866119.html
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/insolite/un-avion-de-tourisme-atterit-en-catastrophe-au-milieu-des-vignes-a-canet-en-roussillon-6005514

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Nov-2024 15:47 gerard57 Added
15-Nov-2024 17:13 ASN Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Nov-2024 14:58 ASN Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ]
22-Nov-2024 14:58 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, ]

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