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Crash of a Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic in the Rann of Kutch: 16 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 10, 1999
Operator:
Registration:
91
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mehran NAS - Mehran NAS
MSN:
33
Crew on board:
16
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Mehran NAS in Karachi on a survey flight over Kashmir and the Pakistan/India border. On board were 16 crew members, six officers and 10 marines attached to the Pakistan Navy Corps based at Mehran NAS, Karachi. In flight, the aircraft was shot down by an air-air missile shot by the pilot of an Indian MiG-21 fighter. The Breguet entered a dive and crashed in the Rann of Kutch, Indian territory. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 16 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
The aircraft was shot down by an air-air missile from an Indian MiG-21 fighter after it entered illegally the Indian airspace.
Crash of a Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic near Tadjourah: 19 killed
Date & Time:
May 18, 1986 at 0830 LT
Operator:
Registration:
19/F-XCUF
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Djibouti City - Djibouti City
MSN:
19
Crew on board:
15
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
19
Circumstances:
The aircraft was returning to Djibouti City following a maritime patrol flight. While cruising north of the Gulf of Tadjourah, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. At an altitude of 950 meters, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located in the Day Forest National Park located 17 km west of Tadjourah and 50 km northwest of Djibouti City. The aircraft was destroyed and all 19 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Ev1 Dominique Meunier,
Mp Michel Blandin,
Mp Michel Pacatte,
Pm Dominique Py,
Pm Christian Topin,
Pm Jacques Tassin,
Pm André Chaumont,
Mtre Daniel D'Hulster,
Mtre Eric Montet,
Mtre Eric Maucars,
Sm Laurent Faubet,
Sm Pierre Pugi,
Qm2 Patrick Simond,
Qm2 Didier Formet,
Pm Gilbert Crouilles.
Passengers:
Ev2 René-François Foin,
Maj Bernard Jolliard,
Mp Jean Marot,
S/C Umberto Cirasaro.
Crew:
Ev1 Dominique Meunier,
Mp Michel Blandin,
Mp Michel Pacatte,
Pm Dominique Py,
Pm Christian Topin,
Pm Jacques Tassin,
Pm André Chaumont,
Mtre Daniel D'Hulster,
Mtre Eric Montet,
Mtre Eric Maucars,
Sm Laurent Faubet,
Sm Pierre Pugi,
Qm2 Patrick Simond,
Qm2 Didier Formet,
Pm Gilbert Crouilles.
Passengers:
Ev2 René-François Foin,
Maj Bernard Jolliard,
Mp Jean Marot,
S/C Umberto Cirasaro.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
Crash of a Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic in Moroni: 18 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 10, 1981 at 0500 LT
Operator:
Registration:
29/F-XVWD
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Moroni - Saint-Denis de la Réunion
MSN:
29
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
14
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
18
Circumstances:
Following a night takeoff from Moroni-Hahaya Airport runway 02, while climbing at an altitude of 500 feet, the airplane entered a right turn when it crashed on the slope of Mt Zembadjou located about 8 km northeast of the airport, bursting into flames. All 18 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt dV Philippe Mougenot,
Ens dV Jean-Yves Cistas,
Ens dV Olivier de Lassus Saint-Geniès,
MP Eugène Normant,
PM Serge Lapp,
PM Alain de Maison,
PM Yves Hennequart,
M Jean-Claude Montfort,
M Michel Renier,
M Éric Peraudeau,
M Dominique Faure,
M Patrick Boudouin,
M Dominique Moisdon,
SM François-Xavier Winterhalter,
SM Patrick Rousseau,
SM Jean-Louis Audren,
QM Bertrand Lion,
QM Éric Lourenco.
Crew:
Lt dV Philippe Mougenot,
Ens dV Jean-Yves Cistas,
Ens dV Olivier de Lassus Saint-Geniès,
MP Eugène Normant,
PM Serge Lapp,
PM Alain de Maison,
PM Yves Hennequart,
M Jean-Claude Montfort,
M Michel Renier,
M Éric Peraudeau,
M Dominique Faure,
M Patrick Boudouin,
M Dominique Moisdon,
SM François-Xavier Winterhalter,
SM Patrick Rousseau,
SM Jean-Louis Audren,
QM Bertrand Lion,
QM Éric Lourenco.
Probable cause:
It is believed that one of the engines caught fire during initial climb for unknown reasons.
Crash of a Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic in the Atlantic Ocean: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 15, 1981 at 1030 LT
Operator:
Registration:
255
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Valkenburg - Valkenburg
MSN:
62
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Valkenburg Airbase and was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Atlantic, shadowing a Soviet 'Kiev Class' Navy ship. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with blizzard, low visibility, turbulences, strong winds and 30 feet waves. At 0958, the crew declared an emergency and was forced to ditch the aircraft about 185 km west of the Hebrides Islands. The crew of a RAF Sea King arrived on scene about two hours later and was able to evacuate nine injured people while three others were killed.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the airplane suffered control problems following the failure of a control rod in the horizontal stabilizer.
Crash of a Breguet SP-13A in the Irish Sea
Date & Time:
Sep 14, 1978
Operator:
Registration:
253
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
58
Crew on board:
14
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was dispatched in a maritime patrol flight and was flying over the Irish Sea when the right engine caught fire in flight. The pilot elected to divert to the RAF Machrihanish located on the west coast of the Mull of Kintyre but the right engine detached few minutes later. The crew eventually ditched the airplane few km south of the Scottish coast. All 14 occupants were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
In-flight fire of the right engine for unknown reasons.
Crash of a Breguet Bre.1150MPA Atlantic at Nordholz AFB
Date & Time:
Apr 25, 1978
Operator:
Registration:
61+07
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Nordholz AFB - Nordholz AFB
MSN:
14
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Nordholz AFB, Lower Saxony. On final approach, the rate of descent was excessive until the airplane landed hard. Upon touchdown, it went out of control, overturned and came to rest upside down in flames. All three crew members were injured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Wrong approach configuration.
Crash of a Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic off Wassenaar
Date & Time:
Aug 15, 1973 at 1500 LT
Operator:
Registration:
257
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
64
Crew on board:
14
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight along the Dutch coast when he encountered unknown technical problems. The captain decided to ditch the airplane about 1,500 meters off Wassenaar. All 14 occupants were rescued and the aircraft was towed but considered as damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Unknown technical problems in flight.
Crash of a Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic in Farnborough: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 20, 1968 at 1513 LT
Operator:
Registration:
43/F-XCVX
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Farnborough - Farnborough
MSN:
43
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Registered 43 (F-XCVX), the aircraft was engaged in a demo flight at the annual Farnborough Airshow and was carrying five officers of the flottille 22F based at Nîmes-Garons Naval Air Station, France. Following several circuits, the crew decided to make a new low pass in front of the spectators with the left engine shut down and its propeller feathered. On final, while at an altitude of 300 feet and a speed of 140 knots with the flaps down to 10°, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion on a parking located few hundred yards short of runway. Upon impact, the empennage was torn off and crashed on the roof of the staff mess of the British Air Force Aeronautical Research Center. All five crew members were killed as well one man on the ground.
Crew:
Cpt Jean-Yves Saint-M'Leux,
OE1 G. Durand,
EV C. Lemaire,
QM R. Bequier,
S/Maj A. Goasguen.
Crew:
Cpt Jean-Yves Saint-M'Leux,
OE1 G. Durand,
EV C. Lemaire,
QM R. Bequier,
S/Maj A. Goasguen.
Probable cause:
As a result of the undercarriage having been left extended, it is possible that the air speed at the time of unfeathering the port prop was less than normal, and less than intended by the pilot. This in itself would not have resulted in an accident. Possibly because of [a] control jam, the rudder deflection necessary at this speed to balance the asymmetric thrust of the starboard engine and the drag of the unfeathered port propeller, was not applied. This was the most important cause, and allowed yaw, sideslip and roll to develop to the extent that the pilot had inadequate control of the port turn which he had initiated. The aircraft’s height and speed were insufficient to permit recovery by a reduction of power on the starboard engine. Bank therefore increased beyond the point at which level flight could be sustained, and the aircraft stalled in the turn and crashed.
