Crash of a Cessna 340A in Orléans

Date & Time: Aug 10, 2020 at 1355 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N413JF
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Perpignan – Orléans
MSN:
340A-0746
YOM:
1979
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
2635
Captain / Total hours on type:
41.00
Circumstances:
Then twin engine airplane departed Perpignan-La Llabanère Airport on a private flight to Orléans, carrying one passenger and one pilot. On final approach to Orléans-Loiret Airport (ex Saint-Denis-de-l’Hôtel), the pilot encountered a loss of power on the left engine. He attempted an emergency landing when the airplane impacted trees and crash landed in a wooded area located about 3 km short of runway 23, bursting into flames. Both occupants escaped uninjured while the airplane was totally destroyed by a post crash fire.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the loss of power on the left engine could not be determined. The pilot, concentrating on monitoring the approach parameters, did not immediately realize the left engine malfunction. He noticed that the aircraft's rate of descent was too high to follow the standard approach slope. The pilot first attempted to go around and reconfigured the aircraft to do so by retracting the landing gear and flaps. In spite of these actions, the pilot noticed that the power delivered by the aircraft's engines did not allow him to recover the plane and understood, by being aware of the action of his right foot on the rudder pedal, that the power delivered by the left engine was abnormally low. Given the low height of the plane at the time of this observation, the pilot decided to land in the country. Contributing to the high rate of descent after the occurrence of the left engine malfunction was the fact that the drags were extended at the time the engine power decreased and the fact that the left propeller probably windmilling until the landing.
Final Report:

Crash of a Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra in Perpignan

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
F-BDRV
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1488
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing and came to rest in flames. No casualties.

Crash of a Caudron C.445 Goéland on the Pic d'Estable: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1940 at 1545 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-BAAR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Clermont-Ferrand – Toulouse – Perpignan
MSN:
08403/85
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Clermont-Ferrand at 0847LT to Perpignan where the passenger was supposed to proceed with an inspection. A stop was scheduled in Carcassonne to deliver 50 kg of cargo. As the runway at Carcassonne Airport was wet, the crew decided to fly to Toulouse-Francazal Airport where he landed at 1015LT. The airplane took off at 1450LT for the second leg to Perpignan-La Llabanère. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and informed ground about his position over Pamiers at 1545LT then radio contact was lost. As the airplane failed to arrive in Perpignan, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few weeks later as no trace of the airplane nor the crew was found. On 2 December 1949, a park ranger found the wreckage on the north face of Pic d'Estable, near Puilaurens. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Marcel Henri Wingert, pilot,
Adj/C René Hilaire Kleber Margouet,
Adj Jean Jules Désiré Pater.
Passenger:
Cpt René Pierre Parpiel.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain after the crew encountered limited visibility due to poor weather conditions between Toulouse and Perpignan.

Crash of a Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 451 in Monthaut: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L-581
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bussac-Forêt - Perpignan
MSN:
45
YOM:
1939
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed a military camp in Bussac-Forêt to be transferred to Perpignan-La Llabanere. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity. The airplane apparently lost a wing then entered a dive and crashed in a hilly terrain. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Adj Lucien Henri Robert Coiffier, pilot,
Sgt/C Roger Pierre Bertrand, observer,
Sgt/C Raymond Eugène Emmanuel Chrétien, air gunner.

Crash of a Breguet 14 Torpedo in Toulouse

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AFEI
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Toulouse – Perpignan
MSN:
216
YOM:
1923
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Toulouse-Montaudran Airport, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed. A passenger was unhurt while both other occupants were seriously injured.

Crash of a Breguet 14A.2 near Llancà: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1928 at 1900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AEEJ
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Casablanca – Alicante – Barcelona – Perpignan – Toulouse
MSN:
159
YOM:
1922
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While cruising northeast of Gerona, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog and twilight. Too low, the aircraft impacted a mountain slope and crashed near the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, south of Llancà. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post impact fire. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Louis Marsac, pilot.
Passengers:
Comte de Leusse,
Mr. Grettet.

Crash of a Latécoère 25.2R in Arles

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AIKF
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Perpignan – Marseille
MSN:
632
YOM:
1927
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Perpignan to Marseille, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Arles. The pilote escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Breguet 14 Torpédo in Perpignan

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AFEF
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Toulouse – Perpignan
MSN:
213
YOM:
1923
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On final approach to Perpignan-La Llabanère Airport, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Too low, the aircraft impacted the ground short of runway and came to rest, bursting into in flames. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and the pilot Paul Félix was seriously injured (burnt).

Crash of a Breguet 14 Torpédo in Cabrerolles: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1924 at 1600 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AFBD
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Perpignan - Marseille
MSN:
204
YOM:
1923
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was performing a mail flight from Perpignan to Marseille. While cruising north of Béziers, he encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm and lost control of the aircraft that crashed in hilly terrain near Cabrerolles. The pilot Georges Payan was killed.