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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Latécoère 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Latécoère |
| Registration: | F-AKCU |
| MSN: | 01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Berre l'Étang -
 France
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Berre l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Berre l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed while attempting its first test flight in the Berre l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône, 12 km north of Marseilles. It seems the accident was caused by a weight & balance problem. All six occupants were slightly injured.
This aircraft was likely rebuilt in January 1932 as Latécoère 300 F-AKGF, which had the came MSN (01); several published sources (see links #4 & #5) seems to confirm this.
Sources:
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
4. http://jn.passieux.free.fr/html/Late300.php
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lat%C3%A9co%C3%A8re_300
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Mar-2019 01:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2019 13:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2019 19:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2019 10:35 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2019 17:37 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2019 17:39 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2019 09:32 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2020 10:12 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2020 10:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-May-2020 20:29 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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