Beech 18 damaged in take-off accident at Paris Air Legend airshow

Beech E.18S F-AZEJ (Photo Alan Wilson (CC BY-SA 2.0))

The Beechcraft Model 18 (E18S) F-AZEJ belonging to  the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis was damaged today in a take-off accident on the first day of the Paris Air Legend 2021 airshow. Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the accident. The aircraft reportedly struggled to get airborne, veering off the runway and coming to a stop in an adjacent field. Photos of the accident appear to indicate moderate damage.

Correction (12 September 2021) : according to Le Parisien, the pilot appears to have suffered minor wounds.

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    • Marc Lecocq on September 12, 2021 at 9:42 AM
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    Bad news!!! I hope the damage is really minor and quickly repairable and a chance that there was no injury… If my memory serves me correctly at La Ferte Alais , it had already one wing been damaged by the accident of a Nord Aviation NC 858.

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