Crash of a Piper PA-31-310 Navajo in Cayenne: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1969
Type of aircraft:
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
Operator:
Société Guyane Air Transport
Registration:
F-OBZS
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
31-78
YOM:
1968
Location:
Cayenne
All French Guyana
Country:
French Guyana
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after a night takeoff from Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport, the twin engine aircraft struck trees and crashed, killing all four occupants.

Crash of a North American B-25C-5 Mitchell near Cayenne: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
42-53461
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
90-11948
YOM:
1942
Location:
Cayenne
All French Guyana
Country:
French Guyana
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances 29 km south of Cayenne while on a ferry flight from the US to North Africa via Trinidad & Tobago and Belém. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Jo Graham Davidson, pilot,
F/O Lester J. Long Jr.,
F/O Edwin R. Welcome,
S/Sgt John F. Roth, flight engineer,
S/Sgt Athel A. Pate,
T/Sgt Carlton F. Budd,
T/Sgt George S. Cummings.
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