Caudron C.280 Phalène

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F-AMZT

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Test

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Ambérieu - Ambérieu

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6917.51

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1934

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The crew was performing an engine test flight on behalf of battalion 107 based at Ambérieu-en-Bugey Airbase. Ten minutes after takeoff from Ambérieu, while flying at a height of about 100 metres facing the sun, the aircraft hit power cables and crashed in a potato field located near the hamlet of La Route, near Jujurieux. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Adrien Charles Bourbon, pilot,
Adj André Martin, mechanic.

Crash of a Caudron C.282/10 Phalène in Kankan

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

Aéroclub de Guinée

Registration:

F-ANBI

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Postal (mail)

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Conakry – Kindia – Dabola – Kankan

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6949.2

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1934

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Crashed on landing for unknown reason. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.

Crash of a Caudron C.282 Phalène in Dila: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1938 at 1130 LT

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Léon Bradfer

Registration:

OO-MCE

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Takeoff (climb)

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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSN:

6667.5

YOM:

1933

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Dila

Kongo-Central

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Africa

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After takeoff, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It impacted bushes and crashed. One occupant was killed and the second was injured.

Crash of a Caudron C.286/8 Phalène in Amersham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1937

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

Albert André Keim

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F-AMMR

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Hatfield – Amersham

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6815.7

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1933

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On approach to Amersham, the single engine airplane collided with a power line and crashed upside down. A passenger was killed and bot other occupants were injured.
Crew:
Albert André Keim, pilot.
Passengers:
Francis Henry Berkeley, †
Leslie Lewis.

Crash of a Caudron C.282/8 Phalène in Saint-Didier-des-Bois: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1936

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Operator:

André Gallais

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F-AMSQ

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Buc - Deauville

MSN:

6837.57

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1933

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Saint-Didier-des-Bois

Eure

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France

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Europe

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En route from Buc to Deauville, the single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Saint-Didier-des-Bois, some 24 km south of Rouen. All three occupants were killed.

Crash of a Caudron C.289/9 Phalène in Buc: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1936

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

André Rexovice

Registration:

F-AMSN

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6834.5

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1933

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For unknown reasons, the pilot elected to land at Buc Aerodrome at night while the airfield was unlit. The airplane crashed upon landing and was destroyed. A passenger was injured and three other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Pilot error.

Crash of a Caudron C.282/8 Phalène in Parakou

Date & Time: Jan 25, 1935

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F-AMVD

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Algiers – Colomb-Béchar – Bidon V – Gao – Cotonou

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6889.60

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1934

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The crew was performing a mail flight from Algiers to Cotonou with intermediate stops in Colomb-Béchar, Bidon 5 and Gao. On the last leg from Gao to Cotonou, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a sandstorm. In low visibility, he reduced his altitude when the aircraft impacted the ground and crashed. While both occupants were slightly injured, the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces.

Crash of a Caudron C.286/6 Phalène in Athis-Mons: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 1, 1934 at 1530 LT

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Valentine Meccas

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F-AMKE

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Paris - Paris

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6755.6

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1933

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The airplane departed Paris-Orly on a local private flight. While completing aerobatic manoeuvres, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in Athis-Mons, south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Crash of a Caudron C.282/8 Phalène in Tonneins: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1933 at 1600 LT

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Gaston Sourdes

Registration:

F-AMKX

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