Steve_UK
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Back in summer 2015 French ELA 07 registration 34-ACG suffered a fatal accident.
The official BEA report is now available -worth a read ( use Google Translate ) - appears to show two in flight welding failures
The report has photos of these cracks and also photos of a similar crack from another ELA.
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Part of the report translates as
"Several witnesses indicate that the gyroplane then quickly returns to the runway threshold 32 with the empennage ( Steve - ie fuselage/frame ) that seems partly disassociated. They add that they hear him pass with an unusual noise. Moments later, the autogyro hits the ground violently" The report can be found here https://www.bea.aero/uploads/tx_elydbrapports/BEA2015-0318.pdf
The official BEA report is now available -worth a read ( use Google Translate ) - appears to show two in flight welding failures
The report has photos of these cracks and also photos of a similar crack from another ELA.
.
Part of the report translates as
"Several witnesses indicate that the gyroplane then quickly returns to the runway threshold 32 with the empennage ( Steve - ie fuselage/frame ) that seems partly disassociated. They add that they hear him pass with an unusual noise. Moments later, the autogyro hits the ground violently" The report can be found here https://www.bea.aero/uploads/tx_elydbrapports/BEA2015-0318.pdf