# NTSB GAA25WA272: Rans S6, N71HQ, Le Creusot, France, September 20, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 20, 2025, 08:25 local (08:25 UTC)
- Place: Le Creusot, France
- Coordinates: 46.818333, 4.399183
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8183&lon=4.3992&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: BEA France
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201789
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA272
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201789/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA272

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N71HQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANS S6 (ES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1194691
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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