In the aftermath of the crash of a microlight at Autouillet, near Thoiry, the gendarmes of the air transport brigade of Toussus-le-Noble, specialist in this kind of cases, are still trying to determine the circumstances of this tragedy which made two dead, Sunday evening.
The pilot, described as "someone seasoned, with a lot of experience", lost control of his aircraft shortly after takeoff, after a series of "touch and go", which consisted of landing the aircraft and to take off in stride.
It would be crushed 200 meters from the threshold of runway “12-30”, that is to say a few seconds after having left the ground.
He and his passenger carried out this training on the track of the Ferme des Prés in Boissy-sans-Avoir.
"What happened is terrible", was content to declare, in shock, Jérôme Corby, the owner of this farm and manager of the land.
Take off from private land
The legislation allows microlights to take off from private land on condition that a certain number of regulatory conditions are met.
This is the case of this farm, listed in the national site "basulm".
380 meters long, it can easily accommodate ULM maneuvers.
The "G1" which crashed on Sunday is also known to take off and land over very short distances.
“He needs a hundred meters, but under ideal conditions, he can do it over fifty meters, loose a specialist. There are even take-off competitions that are organized. It is a very safe, robust device, the only one on the market to be equipped with a safety cabin. "