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Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-213 in Poix-de-Picardie

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1933
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJNS
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Paris – Croydon
MSN:
07
YOM:
1930
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Paris to Croydon, the aircraft caught fire in flight. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in an open field. The aircraft rolled for few dozen metres before coming to rest, bursting into flames. All six occupants evacuated safely and the airplane was destroyed by fire.
Probable cause:
In-flight fire for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-213 in Selsdon Park: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1932 at 0600 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-AIFE
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Paris – Croydon
MSN:
2
YOM:
1926
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 0525LT bound for London. On approach to Croydon Airport, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. The pilot reduced his altitude to establish a visual contact with the ground when the airplane impacted a tree and crashed in the parking lot of an Hotel located in Selsdon Park, Surrey. The copilot was seriously injured and the captain Gustave Demeuldre was killed.

Crash of a Farman F.60 Goliath in Marden

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-ADDT
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Paris – Croydon
MSN:
228
YOM:
1920
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Marden, the airplane went out of control and crashed in an open field located in Widehurst Farm. Both crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Blériot Spad 56/4 in Genas

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AIEE
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Paris – Lyon – Marseille
MSN:
4211.1
YOM:
1926
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While approaching Lyon-Bron Airport on a mail flight from Paris-Le Bourget, the pilot lost control of the aircraft following an in-flight fire. The aircraft crashed and came to rest upside down in a field located in Genas, some 3 km east of the airfield. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed. It is possible that the engine caught fire in flight.

Crash of a Blériot Spad 56/4 in Beauvoir

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1930 at 1230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AIYA
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Paris – Geneva – Lucerne
MSN:
18/4411
YOM:
1929
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1145LT on a regular schedule service to Lucerne with an intermediate stop in Geneva. After takeoff, the pilot passed over Fontainebleau then continued to the southeast. Less than an hour into the flight, while cruising in light rain, the engine failed. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in an open field (he later said he saw a 300 metres long field to land). On short final, he saw a walnut tree and made a turn to the left to avoid the collision when the left wing impacted two apple-trees and crashed in an orchard. Five occupants were slightly injured, a sixth was more wounded and transferred to hospital. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair as both wings were torn off.
Crew:
René Charpentier, pilot + one mechanic.
Passengers:
Miss Lily Florence Lane,
Mr. M. Mareuge,
Mr. André Leducq + one English citizen.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-13 off Lausanne: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1930 at 1547 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AGAD
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lausanne – Évian-les-Bains
MSN:
19
YOM:
1924
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The seaplane departed the bay of Ouchy in Lausanne on a flight to Évian-les-Bains, carrying three passengers and two crew members. Less than one minute after takeoff, the pilot encountered problems and lost control of the airplane that crashed in the Lake of Geneva. Both crew members were injured and all three passengers were killed.
Crew:
Henri Vallin, pilot,
René Billigot, machanic.
Passengers:
Mrs. Madeleine Carlier,
Mr. & Mrs. Raphaël Crélier.

Crash of a Farman F.63bis Goliath in Penshurst

Date & Time: May 2, 1930 at 0930 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-ADCA
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Paris - Croydon
MSN:
33
YOM:
1921
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport in the early morning on a cargo flight to Croydon, carrying two crew members and a load of 550 kg of various goods and mail. En route, the pilot Henri Roth encountered technical problems while flying in poor visibility due to foggy conditions. After passing over Tonbridge, the airplane was low on fuel and the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing at Penshurst Aerodrome. The airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, impacted a hedge and crashed near a road. Both crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Emergency landing caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Farman F.63bis Goliath in Marden: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1930 at 1250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-FHMY
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Paris - Croydon
MSN:
21/6844
YOM:
1920
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1005LT bound for Croydon. Fifteen minutes later, engine problems forced the crew to return to Le Bourget. Spark plugs were changed and the crew took off again at 1045LT. While cruising in the vicinity of Maidstone, Kent, the crew heard a loud bang coming from the rear of the aircraft. A part of the stabilizer detached and pilot reduced his altitude when all passengers were positioned in the rear of the cabin. On approach to a snow covered field located in Marden, at a height of 15 metres, the pilot cut both engines when the aircraft gain height and climbed to a height of 30 metres. Then it stalled and crashed on the ground, bursting into flames. The passenger Hugh Curzon who was unhurt, could rescue and evacuate all three crew members who were injured, but was unable to rescue both other passengers who remained prisoners of the cabin under fire.
Crew:
Henri Nevot, pilot,
Mr. Le Sollier, mechanic,
Mr. Alveaux, radio.
Passengers:
Hugh Curzon, employee of Cook Company in Paris,
Mr. & Mrs. A. Hodges, US citizen who get back to England following a honeymoon in Paris.
Probable cause:
According to investigations, the accident was the consequence of fatigue of the upper front strut of the right tail which failed in flight, causing the spar to fail as well. Investigators confirmed that the crew and the operator does not have any responsibility in the accident.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-190 off Cape Zivia: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1929 at 0935 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-AIGB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marseille – Ajaccio – Tunis
MSN:
01
YOM:
1926
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Few minutes after his departure from Ajaccio, while flying along the southern Corsica coast, the crew was informed by radio that he should fly at an altitude of 1,200 metres. Later, at 0930LT, he received information about foggy conditions south of Corsica. Shortly later, the aircraft disappeared off the Cape Zivia, some 10 km south of Propriano. SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The pilot was Captain Guillaume de Cugnac.