| Date: | Friday 14 March 1947 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BAXO |
| MSN: | 20488 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 3,5 km N of Château-Bernard -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nice Airport (NCE/LFMN) |
| Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN/LFLY) |
Crashed into Mont Moucherolle (elevation: 7493 ft / 2284 m) while on a domestic flight to Lyon and Paris.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 46)
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