Accident to the Pou du ciel identified 77IJ on 14/08/2023 à Fontet

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The pilot was making his first flight on the "Pou du ciel", after completing fixed-wing microlight pilot training on Skyrangers. During the approach, the microlight suddenly adopted a nose-down attitude. The pilot most likely countered this nose-down attitude by making a strong nose-up input, and the right wing failed due to overload. As a result, the pilot was unable to keep control of the microlight and avoid collision with the ground.

The investigation was unable to determine the reason why the microlight adopted a nose-down attitude during the approach. It is possible that the pilot was distracted and did not monitor
the path.

General information

Local date	14/08/2023
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 33 Gironde
Location	Fontet
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	F-POST: Fire/smoke (post-impact), LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2023-0349

Flight Information

Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 3-Fixed wing
Operator	France
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER (Pou du ciel)
Aircraft Registration	47IJ
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France - LFDR : La Réole Floudes
Planned destination	France - LFDR : La Réole Floudes
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	8494
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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