Crash of a Bloch MB.200 in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Bloch MB.200
Operator:
Registration:
E-943
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Perpignan - Perpignan
MSN:
144
Location:
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
Pyrénées-Orientales
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While performing an exercice out from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crashed in an open field located in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, some 10 km northeast of the airport. All five crew members evacuated safely and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt Goblet,
Sgt Blanchard,
Slt Bourcet,
Sgt Faure,
Sgt Scheer.

Crash of a Latécoère 340 off Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 2, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Latécoère 340
Operator:
Registration:
F-AKDI
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Demonstration
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque - Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
MSN:
01
YOM:
1930
Location:
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
Pyrénées-Orientales
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed the Latécoère hydrabase near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque to complete a local demo flight to the French Navy on this first prototype. In flight, the seaplane broke up in the air and crashed in the Etang de Salses. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Mr. Prévot, pilot,
Mr. Hoff, mechanic.
Probable cause:
The accident was ascribed to pilot error, with the suggestion that in his enthusiasm to demonstrate the aircraft's potential, the pilot exceeded the safe speed range.
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