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| Date: | Wednesday 9 September 1936 |
| Time: | 10:12 LT |
| Type: | Amiot 143 |
| Owner/operator: | GB II/22 Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | 60 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Commercy, Meuse, near Lérouville -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chartres, Eure-et-Loire |
| Chartres, Eure-et-Loire |
Amiot 143 written off (destroyed) 9.9.36 due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain). Crew was performing a back trip to Chartres when accident occurred. En route, while cruising in low visibility due to cloudy conditions, aircraft hit a small hill at Commercy, Meuse, near Lérouville, and disintegrated. All five occupants were killed. The exact cause of the crash could not be determined.
Crew:
Captain Auguste Sablier, pilot and Commander of the 2nd Squadron from the 22nd regiment based in Chartres,
Adjutant René Chaumé, pilot,
Sergeant in Chief Honoré Masson, radio,
Sergeant Albert Huet, gunner,
Sergeant Portogliatti.
Sources:
1. El Informador 10 September 1936, p.1
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-amiot-143-boncourt-5-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2018 12:47 | TB | Added |
| 13-Apr-2019 01:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2019 20:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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