Crash of a Grumman G-159 Gulfstream GI in Lyon

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1994 at 2000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
Operator:
Registration:
F-GIIX
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Rouen - Lyon
MSN:
128
YOM:
1964
Location:
Lyon-Saint Exupéry (ex Satolas)
Rhône
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
24
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach to Lyon-Satolas Airport, the crew realized he was not properly aligned with the runway centerline and decided to initiate a go-around procedure. Power was added on both engines but the left engine failed to respond. The aircraft lost height and struck the runway surface with its left wing, bounced, overturned and came to rest upside down, bursting into flames. All 27 occupants were evacuated, among them nine were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-85-DL near Rouen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
43-15500
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Greenham Common – Saint-Dizier
MSN:
19966
YOM:
1944
Location:
Rouen
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising north of Rouen, the crew encountered poor weather and severe icing conditions. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located north of Rouen, some 24 km southeast of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Hiermont

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940 at 1015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3602
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Rouen - Rouen
Location:
Hiermont
Somme
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Rouen Airport on a reconnaissance mission when it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109. It crash landed in a field located between Hiermont and Yvrench. All three crew members survived but one was seriously injured and died two months later.
Crew:
P/O J. N. Bether, pilot,
Sgt Randall, observer,
Sgt Henry Humphrey Wilson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Rouen

Date & Time: May 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L9243
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Rouen
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After being damaged by Flak, the crew diverted to Rouen Airport where the airplane crashed upon landing. Two crew members were injured and a third was unhurt.
Crew:
P/O G. W. S. Ritchie, pilot,
Sgt R. N. Wells, observer,
LAC G. C. P. Haines, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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