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Crash of a Nieuport-Delage NiD-391 in Saviigny-sur-Orge: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 2, 1930 at 1700 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJRH
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
17
YOM:
1930
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Paris-Orly Airport, while climbing, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in Savigny-sur-Orge, about 3 km south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Nieuport-Delage NiD-390 in Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1929 at 1945 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-AIVN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bordeaux – Montluçon – Lyon – Geneva
MSN:
03
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a mail flight from Bordeaux to Geneva with intermediate stops in Montluçon and Lyon. On the leg from Montluçon to Lyon-Bron Airport, the aircraft caught fire in flight. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in an open field located in Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse. Upon landing, the single engine airplane struck a ditch and came to rest upside down. The pilot Duperiez was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Unknown in-flight fire.