Narrative:
The aileron controls were connected in reverse and the aircraft crashed while taking off for a test flight.
Test pilot Emmanuel Arin was killed in the accident.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 23 November 1948 |
| Type: | SNCASE SE.161/P7 Languedoc |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BATM |
| MSN: | 13 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Toulouse ( France)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Toulouse-Montaudran Airport (XYT/LFIO), France |
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The aileron controls were connected in reverse and the aircraft crashed while taking off for a test flight.
Test pilot Emmanuel Arin was killed in the accident.
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