Accident Rutan Long-EZ N17VN,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24443
 
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Date:Tuesday 17 September 1996
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LGEZ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Rutan Long-EZ
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N17VN
MSN: 2169
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Romiguières - 34 -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Ibiza
Destination airport:Netherlands
Investigating agency: BEA
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Alors que l'avion vole vers le nord de la France, il rencontre des conditions météorologiques qui se dégradent rapidement. Probablement à la suite d'un foudroiement en vol,l'appareil se disloque en vol et s'écrase.
Le pilote est tué.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BEA
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.bea.aero/docspa/1996/n-vn960917/htm/n-vn960917.html
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1996/n-vn960917/pdf/n-vn960917.pdf
http://www.cozybuilders.org/Canard_Pusher/1999-07_cp-97.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
17-Jun-2022 08:19 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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