Paris-Le Bourget

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Positioning

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Caudron C.630/C.635 Simoun

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Milan – Paris – Croydon

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The pilot, sole on board, was completing a positioning flight from Milan to Croydon. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane crashed upon landing at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. The pilot escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Caudron C.630 Simoun in Paris

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1938

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F-ANRI

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Cargo

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General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar

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Toulouse – Paris

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7011.2

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1935

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Following an uneventful cargo flight from Toulouse-Montaudran Airport, the crew completed the approach to Paris-Le Bourget in limited visibility due to fog. The airplane landed hard, went out of control and came to rest upside down. All three occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar II in Croydon

Date & Time: Dec 13, 1937

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Operator:

Charles Henry Tutt

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G-ACEW

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Cargo

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Paris - Croydon

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1933

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Just prior to land at Croydon Airport following a cargo flight from Paris-Le Bourget, the airplane was caught by downdrafts and impacted ground. It overturned and came to rest upside down. The pilot escaped uninjured.

Probable cause:

Loss of control on short final due to strong downdrafts.

Crash of a Lockheed 10A Electra in Croydon

Date & Time: Dec 13, 1937

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed 10 Electra

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G-AEPP

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Paris – Croydon

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1082

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1936

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After landing at night and in a blizzard, the twin engine aircraft went out of control. It veered off runway and collided with a fuel station, coming to rest broken in two. All four occupants evacuated safely.

Crash of a Douglas DC-2-115L in Brussels: 15 killed

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1937 at 1040 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-2

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PH-ALF

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Caudron C.630/C.635 Simoun

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Amsterdam – Brussels – Paris

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1585

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Less than five minutes after takeoff from Brussels-Haren Airport, while climbing to a height of 1,200 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wheat field located 300 metres from Brages' station, bursting into flames. The airplane named 'Flamingo' was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 15 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cornelius Theo Regnerus Steensma, pilot,
Bernardus Ludekuize, radio navigator,
Gerardus Geering, engineer,
Martha Johanna van der Laan, stewardess.
Passengers:
A. Bloem,
W. Canton,
M. Goldbloom,
B. F. Mun,
N. Nathans,
C. Tondreau,
R. Tondreau-Tollenaere,
R. Trillo,
F. Wetzlar,
H. Wapperom,
G. Whitehouse.

Probable cause:

A fire erupted in the cabin shortly after take off for unknown reasons. Investigations were unable to determine the exact cause of the accident.

Crash of a Caudron C.631 Simoun in Zanzibar: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1937 at 0400 LT

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Operator:

Philippe Tréchot

Registration:

F-ANCF

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Private

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Plain, Valley

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Tananarive – Paris

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6956.4

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1935

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The crew was taking part to an air race from Antananarivo to Paris to establish a new record. The single engine aircraft departed Antananarivo on June 24 at 1900LT. While flying at night over Zanzibar, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on the south coast of the island. Both occupants were killed. It is believed that an explosion occurred before the aircraft crashed.
Crew:
Philippe Tréchot, pilot,
M. Monteil, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.6 Envoy in Titsey Hill: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1937

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.6 Envoy

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G-ADBZ

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Postal (mail)

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Plain, Valley

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Croydon – Paris

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The crew departed Croydon on a mail flight to Paris-Le Bourget. En route, he encountered poor visibility due to low clouds. Too low, the airplane collided with two high trees and crashed in Titsey Hill, near Oxted. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Gordon Shepherd Jones-Evans, pilot,
John Walker, radio operator.

Probable cause:

It was evident from the disposition of the wreckage and the nature of the damage to the trees, that the aircraft was flying straight and laterally level and was heading south-east. "I found no evidence to suggest that there was any engine failure. on the contrary, the evidence indicates that the engines were running normally," said the Inspector. The hills were 870 feet high, and the trees were about 50 feet high, bringing the total height to 920 feet, or about 300 metres. Weather conditions, in witness's opinion, must have had something to do with the accident. It was possible that the southerly wind had drifted the machine farther over the high ground. There was no question of the engine stalling. He did not consider that a fully-loaded machine had anything to do with the accident.

Crash of a Waco UIC in Mont-l’Évêque: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 19, 1937 at 1445 LT

Type of aircraft:

Waco UIC

Operator:

M. A. G. van der Leeuw

Registration:

PH-MAG

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Private

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Plain, Valley

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Paris – Rotterdam

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3790

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The single engine airplane departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1415LT on a flight to Rotterdam with two passengers and two crew members on board. Thirty minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 300 metres, the aircraft rolled to the left, entered a dive and crashed in a swampy area located in Mont-l'Evêque, east of Senlis. All four occupants were killed. The crew was repatriating the aircraft to The Netherlands as his owner, Mr. M. A. G. van der Leeuw, died in another Waco crash near Rotterdam 3 December 1936.
Crew:
Joachim Tissot, pilot,
Albertus Sommer, pilot.
Passengers:
Adriamis Hoertens,
Jacob Maltha.

Probable cause:

The accident is attributable to an in-flight breakup of the left airframe following, it seems, a resource following either a spin or a spiral and nose-down descent. The pilot who, at a given moment was in the clouds, would thus have, for a cause that the commission could not specify, lost the control of the plane. The aircraft would then have entered a spin or a steep dive and the pilot would have pulled it up sharply in sight of the ground, coming out of the clouds. It should be noted that the maximum load of 1'540 kilos indicated on the certificate of airworthiness was largely reached and that the speed of the aircraft must, at the time it was righted, have been very close to the speed limit of 300 km/h and that it could not, under these conditions, resist the acceleration due to a brutal resource.

Crash of a Boulton & Paul P.71A off Dungeness: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1936

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Boulton & Paul P.71

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G-ACOX

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