ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27383
Last updated: 13 November 2019
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| Date: | 21-FEB-1932 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | CAMS 56 |
| Owner/operator: | Cie Generale L'Aéropostale |
| Registration: | F-ALCG |
| C/n / msn: | 31 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mediteranean sea, 75 km off Balearic Islands -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Algiers Harbour, Algiers, Algeria |
| Marseilles Harbour, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
F-ALCG CAMS 56 (MSN 31); first registered 16.3.31 (C of R 2720) to Cie Generale L'Aeropostale, Paris.
Written off (destroyed) 21.2.32: Aircraft was operating a cargo/mail flight. Aircraft left Algiers at 06:45 LT bound for Marseilles. En route, while flying 75 kilometers off the Balearic Islands, crew was forced to ditch the aircraft following unknown technical problems. (According to one, unverified source, aircraft suffered engine problems south of Malloca). Both aviators were rescued at 13:30 LT by the crew of a ship named "Timgad" and were unhurt. Unfortunately, the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew:
Jean Mermoz, pilot,
Lucien Régnier, radio navigator.
Registration F-ALCG cancelled as "discarded" 1.6.32.
Sources:
1. http://jn.passieux.free.fr/html/Cams56.php
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-8.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-cams-56-balearic-islands CAMS 56, F-ALCG Jean Mermoz at the controls, off the Balearic Islands 21 February 1932
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Apr-2018 19:12 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2019 19:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2019 18:12 | kaerophil | Updated [Narrative] |
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