Accident to a paramotor APCO F3 Bi on 14/09/2023 at Beaulieu sur Loire

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Shortly after the microlight had taken off, a witness saw it return to the microlight strip and then suddenly drop. The investigation was not able to determine the reason for this loss of control.

However, given the different findings and anomalies observed on the paramotor (see paragraph 2.5), it is possible that the pilot had identified a malfunction on the microlight on taking off, potentially compromising the controllability and that he had wanted to return and land on the microlight strip. It can be envisaged that he then lost control of the microlight during the approach.

General information

Local date	14/09/2023
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 45 Loiret
Location	Beaulieu-sur-Loire microlight strip
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	2
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	LOC-I: Loss of control - inflight
File number	BEA2023-0413

Flight Information

Aircraft category	Microlight - Microlight-Class 1-Paramotor
Operator	France - Private Operator
Manufacturer / Model	OTHER - Paramotor/paraplane
Aircraft Registration	INC
State of registry	France
Last departure point	France - Other (P-F ULM Beaulieu-sur-Loire)
Planned destination	France - Other (P-F ULM Beaulieu-sur-Loire)
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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