- Date
- September 20, 2025, 08:25 local (08:25 UTC)
- Place
- Le Creusot, France
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- N71HQRans S6
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- BEA France
- Case key
- 201789
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71HQ
- Reported as
- Rans S6 (ES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1194691
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- LF71 · Le Creusot, OF
- Destination
- LF71 · Le Creusot, OF
- Airport
- Aerodrome Le Creusot
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal