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| Date: | Wednesday 4 December 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Caudron C.630 Simoun |
| Owner/operator: | Air Bleu |
| Registration: | F-ANRK |
| MSN: | 7013/9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tours-Parçay-Meslay Airport, Indre-et-Loire 37 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Le Bourget, Paris, France |
| Parçay-Meslay Airport,Tours, Indre-et-Loire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-ANRK Caudron 630 Simoun (MSN 7013/9)' first registered 28.5.35 (C of R 4153) to Beppo de Massimi, Paris. Re-registered 8.35 to Societe Air Bleu, Paris
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4.12.35; aircraft was operating a domestic cargo/mail flight (aircraft was routed Le Havre-Paris-Tours-Bordeaux). On final approach to Parçay-Meslay Airport in Tours, the single engine aircraft was too low and hit a tree with its right wing. It stalled and crashed in a garden located short of runway. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Georges Tixier, pilot, killed
Victor Beaufol, telegraphist, survived, but seriously injured
Probable cause: The attention of the pilot was focused by the presence of several aircraft in Tours Airport and he did not realise that he was completing the approach at a too low altitude. Registration F-ANRK cancelled as "destroyed" 31.12.35
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-14.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-caudron-c630-simoun-tours-1-killed
4. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1935/1935-38.htm
5. http://www.europeanairlines.no/societe-anonyme-air-bleu-1935-1937/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Apr-2019 18:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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