Descripción del Accidente ASN 28 OCT 1949 Lockheed L-749-79-46 Constellation F-BAZN - Redondo Mountain, São Miguel Island, Azores
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:viernes 28 octubre 1949
Hora:02:51 UTC
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-749-79-46 Constellation
Operador:Air France
Registración: F-BAZN
Numéro de série: 2546
Año de Construcción: 1947
Horas Totales de la Célula:3394
Motores: 4 Wright R-3350 (749C18BD1) Cyclone
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 37 / Ocupantes: 37
Total:Fatalidades: 48 / Ocupantes: 48
Daños en la Aeronave: Destruido
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:Redondo Mountain, São Miguel Island, Azores (   Portugal)
Elevación del lugar del accidente: 900 m (2953 feet) amsl
Fase: Aproximación (APR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Internacional Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), Francia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Santa Maria-Vila do Porto Airport, Azores (SMA/LPAZ), Portugal
Número de Vuelo:AF009
Descripción:
Lockheed Constellation F-BAZN departed Paris-Orly at 20:05 UTC for a flight to New York with an intermediate stop at Santa Maria, Azores. At 01:41 the crew reported 150nm from Santa Maria with an ETA of 02:45. The ETA was later changed to 02:55. At 02:51 the flight reported flying at 3000 feet with the airfield in sight. After acknowledging landing instructions, nothing more was heard from the flight. The Constellation had struck the Redondo Mountain at an elevation of 900 m.
Famous violinist Ginette Neveu and famous boxer Marcel Cerdan were killed in the crash.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure to carry out either of the approach procedures for Santa Maria airport. False position reports given by crew. Inadequate navigation. Failure to identify Santa Maria Airport, when flying in VFR conditions."

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Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to Santa Maria-Vila do Porto Airport, Azores as the crow flies is 2558 km (1599 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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