Accident to the Tecnam P2002 registered F-HTPS on 12/03/2025 at Plabennec

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A series of circumstances after the identification of the fuel gauge failure during the walk-around inspection of the first flight of the day, led to an emergency landing in a field. During the analysis of the take-off conditions from the field in which the aeroplane was located, the application of a correction factor of 1.3, corresponding to the figure to be taken to calculate take-off distances for the commercial operation of class B aeroplanes from a wet grass runway, was considered sufficient to support the decision to undertake the take-off from the field in reasonable
safe conditions.

The option to disassemble the aeroplane and bring it back to the airport by road was thus discarded by Iroise Aéro Formation. The desire to bring back the aeroplane as rapidly as possible before the end of the day may have also had an influence.

The pilot assessed the run conditions in the field before taking off. However, the uneven ground reduced the acceleration of the aeroplane's take-off run once the speed had reached 35 kt i.e. 10 kt below the rotation speed. In these conditions and with a probable tailwind component of around 5 kt, the increased run and take-off distances allowed did not enable the aeroplane to reach a sufficient speed to avoid it striking the fence before taking off. With a remaining field length of approximately 100 m, little time to make a decision in a dynamic flight phase and unknown conditions, the pilot preferred not to reject the run and continued the take-off. He was not able to avoid the collision with the wire of the fence. He felt the collision and continued the flight to land at Brest Bretagne without any other difficulties.

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.