Melun-Villaroche | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

Crew was performing a local flight at Melun-Villaroche Airport. Few minutes after takeoff, while flying at low height, the engine caught fire. The pilot elected to return to the airport but was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft collided with power cables then crashed on its belly in a field, coming to rest in flames. Both occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

The right engine caught fire in flight for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris in Melun-Villaroche

Date & Time: Aug 3, 1967

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Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris

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Flight

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Military

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Melun-Villaroche - Melun-Villaroche

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1961

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Crashed in unknown circumstances near Melun-Villaroche Airport. The crew fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris in Paris I in Bernay-Vilbert: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1962

Type of aircraft:

Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris

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20/F-RABQ

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Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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Melun-Villaroche – Vélizy-Villacoulbay

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1958

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Few minutes after its takeoff from Melun-Villaroche Airport, the twin jet went out of control and crashed in a field located in Bernay-Vilbert, some 20 km northeast of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Gen Motte,
Lt Col Chauve,
1st Cl Brun.

Crash of a Nord 2501E Noratlas at Melun-Villaroche: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1957

Type of aircraft:

Nord 2501 Noratlas

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Test

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Melun - Melun

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The crew was returning to Melun-Villaroche following an uneventful test flight on behalf of the Direction Technique et Industrielle de l’Aéronautique (DTI). On short final, the airplane went out of control and crashed on runway 29 threshold. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Michel Chalard, test pilot,
Marcel Perrin, test pilot,
Louis Pruneau, test engineer,
Jean Duchemin, test mechanic,
Jean Coupet, air engineer.

Crash of a Nord 1402 Noroit in Saint-Bauzile: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1952 at 1230 LT

Type of aircraft:

Nord 1402 Noroit

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F-ZJYB

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Flight

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Military

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Mountains

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Marseille – Melun

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While cruising in low visibility due to foggy conditions, the seaplane hit the slope of a mountain located in the Coirons Mountain Range, near Saint-Bauzile. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Charles Deschamps, pilot,
Marcel Laurière, flight engineer,
Emmanuel Marot, mechanic,
Alfred Sohn, mechanic,
Jean-Marie Legall, radio operator.