Crash of a Blériot 115 in Daméraucourt: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 23, 1923 at 1330 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-ESBB
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Le Touquet - Toussus-le-Noble
MSN:
1
YOM:
1923
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
After taking part to an airshow in Le Touquet to introduce this new four engine aircraft (first prototype), the crew was returning to his base in Toussus-le-Noble. While cruising at an altitude of 600 metres over Daméraucourt, some 4 km north of Grandvilliers, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in the forest of Vieuville. While the mechanic was uninjured, the pilot was killed instantly. The aircraft was named 'Le Mammouth'.
Crew:
Jean Casale, pilot,
Gaston Boulet, mechanic.
Crew:
Jean Casale, pilot,
Gaston Boulet, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Loss of control in flight after the rudder control cable got jammed.
