Date:	Tuesday 31 May 2011
Time:	17:30 LT
Type:	North American B-25J Mitchell
Owner/operator:	Soc.de Développement et de Promotion de l'Aviation
Registration:	F-AZZU
MSN:	108-47562
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	near Melun-Villaroche -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Was seen by witnesses with an engine on fire. According to Snecma employees of the plant, adjacent to the airfield, the aircraft then entered a sharp turn.
After cutting power lines, he landed in a field about 300 yards from highway A5B, found two journalists from Paris. The pilot and his passenger managed to escape the device. They are free. Extensive safety measures were made ​​to extinguish the fire and prevent

Heard on scanner, then was published on a french magazine.
http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/seine-et-marne-un-vieux-bombardier-s-ecrase-pres-de-l-a5b-31-05-2011-1475075.php

http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/2/0/4/1763402.jpg (photo)
http://web.archive.org/web/20121017063838/http://baaa-acro.com/Photos-65/F-AZZU.jpg (accident photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Jun-2011 03:35	Fouine91	Added
01-Jun-2011 03:58	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Damage]
23-Nov-2011 23:34	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
05-Jan-2018 19:32	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]