Date:	Tuesday 21 January 2025
Time:	c. 16:55 LT
Type:	Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	F-BAYP
MSN:	18-5486
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Méribel-les-Allues, Savoie -   France
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Méribel Airfield (MFX/LFKX)
Destination airport:	Méribel Airfield (MFX/LFKX)
Investigating agency:	BEA
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
During the approach to the Méribel altiport, the aircraft collided with a tandem paraglider. The pilots lost control of the aircraft and it collided with a chalet. The paragliders managed to land.

https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2025/01/21/un-avion-de-tourisme-se-crashe-dans-le-toit-d-un-chalet-a-meribel-les-allues
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/meribel-collision-entre-un-ulm-et-deux-parapentistes-35-pompiers-engages-2820860
https://planetski.eu/2025/01/21/light-aircraft-crashes-near-meribel/
https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/two-dead-after-ultralight-aircraft-crash-at-mribelles-allues-155304
https://video.lefigaro.fr/figaro/video/un-avion-de-tourisme-secrase-sur-le-toit-dun-chalet-en-savoie/
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/savoie/ce-que-l-on-sait-du-crash-d-un-avion-de-tourisme-sur-un-chalet-qui-a-fait-deux-morts-en-savoie-3095308.html

https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-piper-pa18-registered-f-bayp-on-21-01-2025-at-les-allues/
http://tagazous.free.fr/affichage2.php?img=33818 (photo JP Contal - 1985)

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/24037 Last occurence F-BAYP in 2000

Ex N6192D

A Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub collided with two tandem pargliders and subsequently crashed on the roof of an unoccupied chalet near Méribel-les-Allues, France.
Both occupants of the Super Cub died.pic.twitter.com/XmpFt4R31a

— Aviation Safety Network (ASN) (@AviationSafety) January 22, 2025

Le crash d'un avion de tourisme a fait deux morts, mardi 21 janvier, à Méribel. Un témoin de l'accident affirme avoir vu l'appareil percuter deux parapentistes avant de s'effondrer sur un chalet. #JT13h pic.twitter.com/oycmz0O1Ky

— franceinfo (@franceinfo) January 22, 2025

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jan-2025 05:09	RobertMB	Added
22-Jan-2025 10:09	Tagazous	Updated [Source, ]
22-Jan-2025 17:49	Iceman 29	Updated [Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ]
22-Jan-2025 17:52	Iceman 29	Updated [Source, Embed code, ]
22-Jan-2025 18:10	Iceman29	Updated [Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ]
23-Jan-2025 19:48	Iceman 29	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
23-Jan-2025 19:48	Iceman 29	Updated
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18-Jul-2025 07:50	Captain Adam	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]