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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.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-13 in Appietto: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1923

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Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-13

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F-AEIB

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Ajaccio - Antibes

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1922

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Few minutes after takeoff from the harbor of Ajaccio, the seaplane aircraft went out of control and crashed in a mountainous area located near Appietto, some 10 km north of Ajaccio. Three passengers and the pilot Desnoyelles were killed while the radio navigator was seriously injured and rescued.

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Investigators confirmed that the loss of control in flight was caused by a structural failure of the tail.