| Date: | Monday 6 January 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Amiot AAC.1 (Junkers Ju-52) |
| Owner/operator: | Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux - TAI |
| Registration: | F-BBYK |
| MSN: | AAC231 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mont Ventoux -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML) |
| Lyon (unknown airport) |
Damaged beyond repair after it flew into the snowy mountain slope of Mont Ventoux at a height of about 1800 m.
The transport plane operated on a cargo flight from Casablanca, Morocco to Lyon, France, with en route stops at Oran, Algeria and Marseille.The flight departed Marseille at 13:42. Weather along the route was poor with low clouds at 200 m and a wind that differed in direction and speed to the wind that had been forecast.
Sources:
Le rendez-vous avec le Géant de Provence, le Mont Ventoux, du 06 JAN 1947
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