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Crash of a Farman F.192 in Buc

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1940 at 1600 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJCD
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Etempes - Etempes
MSN:
7134.2
YOM:
1929
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a training sortie out from Étempes, the airplane was approaching the airfield of Buc at low speed when it was caught by strong winds, lost height, impacted ground and crashed. All three crew members evacuated safely. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Lt Caboz, pilot,
Lt Segalla, mechanic.
Passenger:
Lt Fournier.
Probable cause:
Stall at low altitude and low speed after being caught by strong winds.

Crash of a Farman F.199 off Figueira da Foz: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
CS-AAV
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lisbon - Lisbon
MSN:
7366
YOM:
1932
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Lisbon in the morning to follow a regatta off Figueira da Foz. While approaching the area, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed into the sea few km offshore. All five occupants were killed. The aircraft was named 'Aguia Branca 2'.
Probable cause:
Loss of control following the failure of the ailerons control cable.

Crash of a Farman F.199 near Veroli: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
F-AJRY
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Brindisi – Paris
MSN:
7203
YOM:
1930
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
On 17 May 1932, the French ship named 'Georges Philippar' burned and sank in the Gulf of Aden. The survivors were evacuated to Brindisi and the French daily newspaper 'L'Excelsior' asked several pilots and crews to repatriate in France the couple Sarah Suzanne Picard and Alfred Lang-Willar, both friends of the French writer Albert Londres who died in this shipwreck. On the 25th of May 1932, both pilots Marcel Goulette and Lucien Moreau accepted to fly to Brindisi to repatriate this couple to Paris. En route, while flying east of Frosinone, the crew encountered low visibility due to mist and did not realized his altitude was too low. The airplane impacted the slope of Mt Ernici located near Veroli. SThe wreckage was found two days later and all four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Marcel Goulette, pilot,
Lucien Moreau, pilot.
Passengers:
Sarah Suzanne Picard,
Alfred Lang-Willar.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Farman F.190 in Tell-Farida: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJDP
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Damascus – Baghdad – Karachi
MSN:
7135
YOM:
1929
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Damascus to Baghdad, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a sandstorm. The pilot lost his orientation when the airplane impacted ground and crashed near Tell-Farida, in the region of Ruţbah Wells, some 300 km west of Baghdad. The aircraft came to rest upside down and was destroyed. All three occupants were killed. The crew and passenger were performing a special flight on behalf of The League of Nations (Société des Nations). The passenger was the Swiss Colonel de Reynier who was in charge to fix the border between Syria and Iraq.
Crew:
Julien Risser, pilot,
Mr. Huber, mechanic.
Passenger:
Colonel de Reynier.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain while flying in a sandstorm.

Crash of a Farman F.190 near Bidon 5

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJDD
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Reggane - Gao
MSN:
7133
YOM:
1929
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on its way from Reggane, Algeria, to Gao, Mali, with a targui interpret and one pilot (Pierre Obrecht) on board. Few minutes after the stopover in Bidon 5, the pilot encountered control problems and attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed some 8 km south of Bidon 5 and was damaged beyond repair. Both occupants were rescued three days later, on December 31.
Probable cause:
According to company officials, the aileron control cables, expanded by heat during the stopover in Bidon 5, came out of the pulleys and were blocked afterwards. In such circumstances, the control of the aircraft was impossible.

Crash of a Farman F.195 off Maracay: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
2
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
7173
YOM:
1930
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While approaching Maracay-Los Tacariguas Airport, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in the Valencia Lake few km offshore. The wreckage was found 32 hours later. The pilot and the passenger were seriously injured while the flight engineer was found dead two days later. The pilot Manuel Simon Rios died few hours after the accident and the passenger was the only survivor.
Probable cause:
It appears that weather conditions were poor and that the engine failed on approach.

Crash of a Farman F.195 in Barquisimeto: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 2, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Maracay – Barquisimeto
MSN:
7171
YOM:
1930
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On final approach, the aircraft hit the ground short of runway and crashed. Pilot Vicente Ladaeta Gil was killed. The aircraft was on its way from El Libertador Airbase in Maracay.
Probable cause:
Authorities confirmed that the landing attempt was not possible due to poor weather conditions.

Crash of a Farman F.192 off Belmonte: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Salvador – Belmonte
MSN:
7180
YOM:
1930
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed Salvador on a flight to Belmonte. While approaching Belmonte, he lost control of the airplane that crashed into the sea and sank. The pilot Cpt Emilio Gaelzer was killed.

Crash of a Farman F.194 in Paris: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1930 at 1230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJID
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Paris - Cairo - Addis Ababa
MSN:
7150
YOM:
1929
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from from Paris-Le Bourget Airport, while climbing at a height of 50 metres, the airplane went out of control and crashed onto a building near the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed. There were no casualties on the ground. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were considered as marginal with gusty winds.

Crash of a Farman F.192 near El Quit

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1930 at 1215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
F-AJJB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Antananarivo – Elisabethville – Luluabourg – Brazzaville – Bangui – Fort Archambault – Kano – Niamey – Gao – Algiers – Paris
MSN:
7159
YOM:
1929
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was returning to France after completing the first flight from France to Madagascar and the Reunion Island in December 1929. The aircraft departed Gao at 1015LT bound for the north. It overflew Tabankort then the crew planned to make a fuel stop at El Quit where a quantity of 220 liters of fuel was hidden in the sand. Some 30 km before the destination, the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when, on touchdown, the left main gear collapsed and ripped the fuselage on the left side, shearing off the left wing as well. All three crew were unhurt but the aircraft was abandoned on site. All three occupants were rescued and evacuated six days later, on 28APR1930, by members of the Compagnie Générale Transafricaine, and arrived in France on 05MAY1930. The airplane was eventually recovered 80 years later and repatriated to Paris where it was repaired and displayed at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace at Paris-Le Bourget Airport.
Crew:
Marcel Goulette, pilot,
René Marchesseau, pilot,
Jean-Michel Bourgeois, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Engine failure for unknown reasons.