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| Date: | Wednesday 8 August 1928 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Couzinet 11 Arc-en-Ciel |
| Owner/operator: | Société Anonyme René Couzinet (SARC) |
| Registration: | n/a |
| MSN: | ARC N°1bis |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Orly Airfield, Val-de-Marne 94 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Paris Orly Airport |
| Paris-Orly Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed after wing failure. Pilot Maurice Drouhin and mechanic André Lanet were killed. Radio-operator Manuel survived injured.
Note: 1. A second airframe, intended to have three Hispano 12Lb engines, was barely started when it was destroyed with the first Couzinet 20 in the hangar fire at the workshops of the Société d'Aviation Letord at Meudon, France, on 17 February 1930.
2. F-AMBI was the Couzinet 21/22 (01)
Sources:
El Tiempo 10 August 1928, p1
https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/arc-en-ciel_atlantique_vol1.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Mar-2014 15:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Apr-2019 01:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2022 09:53 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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