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While performing a liaison flight, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field located in Eschau, about 10 km south of Strasbourg. Both crew members were killed. Severe icing conditions were reported in the area at the time of the accident.
Crew:
Cpt Jean Ratel,
Adj René Thibault.

Crash of an AAC.1 Toucan in Mouzaia: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1954

Type of aircraft:

Amiot AAC.1 Toucan

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Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Few minutes after its takeoff from Boufarik Airbase, while climbing, the three engine aircraft crashed in Mouzaia, about 18 km southwest of its departure point. All eight crew members were killed.

Crash of a Nord 2501 Noratlas near Setcases: 11 killed

Date & Time: Dec 29, 1953 at 2219 LT

Type of aircraft:

Nord 2501 Noratlas

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02/F-SDAC

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Flight

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Military

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Mountains

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Algiers - Mont-de-Marsan

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1953

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The aircraft was performing a flight from Algiers to Mont-de-Marsan Airbase, carrying nine crew members from the Center of Experimentation at Mont-de-Marsan and two SNECMA employees. While cruising by night over the Pyrénées Mountains, the airplane hit the south slope of the Costabonne Peak, on the Spanish territory. The wreckage was found by Spanish rescuers a week later, on January 5, 1954, about 5 km northeast of Setcases. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and all 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cdt André Auffret,
Cpt Roger Kerrien,
Cpt Jean Tassa,
Lt André Jean Bordes,
Lt André Delsahut,
Adj André Valy,
Sgt Pierre Castera,
Sgt Henri Latreille,
Sgt Louis Pasquinelli.
Passengers:
Georges Le Minor,
Jean Savean.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Beechcraft UC-45F Expeditor in Chevry-Cossigny: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1953

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor

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295

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Flight

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Test

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Plain, Valley

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Brétigny-sur-Orge - Brétigny-sur-Orge

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8554

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1945

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The twin engine aircraft was completing a test flight on behalf of the Flight Test Center (CEV-Centre d'essais en vol) based in Brétigny-sur-Orge and was carrying three crew members, one passenger and two experimenters of the CEV. For unknown reasons, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a wooded area, killing all six occupants.
Crew:
François Richet, pilot,
Lucien Blanc, mechanic,
Gilbert Lanez , mechanic.
Passengers:
André Romanet, CEV's experimenter,
Jacques Folliex, CEV's experimenter,
Edouard Nassiet.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-10-DK in Indochina

Date & Time: Jan 21, 1953

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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348994/F-RAZF

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Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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14810/26255

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1944

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Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Indochina. Occupant fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Dassault M.D.315 Flamant in Việt Trì

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1952

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Dassault M.D.315 Flamant

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106

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The crew was forced to make an emergency landing in a field located in Việt Trì, French Indochina. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, all occupants were slightly injured and evacuated, among them the French General François Jean Antonin Gonzalez de Linarès.

Crash of a SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc in Bonneuil-sur-Marne: 11 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1952 at 1030 LT

Type of aircraft:

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc

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86/F-RAPC

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Plain, Valley

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Paris - Paris

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The aircraft was involved in a training flight from Paris-Le Bourget to Paris-Orly, carrying ten crew members and one engineer from SNCASE. Shortly after takeoff from Paris-Le Bourget Airport, while in initial climb, the crew encountered technical problems when the flaps were retracted. The four engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, about 8 km northeast of Le Bourget Airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cdt Danna,
Cpt Humbert,
Lt Dutheil de la Rochère,
Adj Dumont,
Adj Lottiaux,
Adj Verdier,
S/Sgt Mauconduit,
Sgt Dervin,
Sdt Cosson,
Sdt Biava.
Passenger:
Mr. Devos.

Probable cause:

The loss of control occurred when the crew decided to raise the flaps, apparently following an asymmetric issue.