Accident to the Sportine Aviacija - Lak17B FES/JET MINI registered LY-GRO on 02/08/2021 at Serres-La Bâtie Montsaléon

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On returning from a cross-country flight, the pilot decided to land on runway 18 with a northwesterly wind of more than 10 km/h and gusts reaching close to 40 km/h. The airspeed during the approach was greater than the recommended speed of 95 km/h. The pilot turned early to join the final which obliged him to adopt a steep slope on starting the descent and led to an increase in airspeed. He did not sufficiently take into account the transverse drift generated by the wind and found himself on the left of the runway centreline on coming out of the turn. The glider's excessive airspeed, reaching 120 km/h, combined with the tailwind, left little time for the pilot to correct his flight path on final. Given the remaining runway distance and the speed of the gilder when he aligned on the centreline, the pilot carried out a pull up and gained altitude possibly with a view to carrying out an adapted circuit to land on the runway in use. During this climb, the speed of the glider quickly dropped until the glider stalled.

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Loss of control during approach, collision with ground

General information

Local date	02/08/2021
Responsible entity	France - BEA
Scope of Investigation	Full (Annex 13) type investigation
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - France - 05 Hautes-Alpes
Location	Serres-La Bâtie Montsaléon AD
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2021-0371

Flight Information

Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Sailplane (Glider) - Powered Sailplane (Glider) - Retractable powerplant
Operator	Lithuania
Manufacturer / Model	SPORTINE AVIACIJA - LAK17
Aircraft Registration	LY-GRO
State of registry	Lithuania
Last departure point	France - LFTM : Serres La Batie Montsaléon
Planned destination	France - LFTM : Serres La Batie Montsaléon
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Local

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.

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