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Accidents · NTSB GAA21WA265 · Preliminary: the investigation is not finished

Piper PA-19 accident near Lille Marcq En Baro, Fr, August 23, 2021

On August 23, 2021 at about 1:55 pm local time, a Piper PA-19, registered FHLOG, was destroyed in an accident during initial climb near Lille Marcq En Baro. It was flown under non-U.S. private rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
August 23, 2021 · about 1:55 pm local time
Place
Lille Marcq En Baro, Fr
Type
Accident
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-19 · all PA-19s on the register
Registration
FHLOG · no longer on the register
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Flight · non-U.S. private rules

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

What happened, in order

  1. Fire/smoke (non-impact) during initial climb defining event

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: fixed
  • Fire on the ground

Weather at the time

  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

About this page

Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number GAA21WA265.