Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 in Villa Cisneros

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1949
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.95
Operator:
Registration:
I-LATI
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Rome – Marseille – Barcelona – Casablanca – Villa Cisneros – Dakar – Natal – Recife – Caravelas – Vitoria – Rio de Janeiro – Porto Alegre – Montevideo – Buenos Aires – Santiago de Chile
MSN:
41017
YOM:
1948
Location:
Villa Cisneros
Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira
Country:
Western Sahara
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Mislanding in Villa Cisneros in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair. The accident occurred in November 1949 (exact date remains unknown).

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 in Villa Cisneros

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.82
Operator:
Registration:
I-BAIA
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Rome – Villa Cisneros – Sal – Natal – Rio de Janeiro
MSN:
23
YOM:
1940
Location:
Villa Cisneros
Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira
Country:
Western Sahara
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing the landing procedure at night while the runway was unlighted. After touchdown, the three engine aircraft collided with five camels sleeping on the runway. The aircraft sustained several damaged and was not repaired. There were no casualties among the occupants of the airplane while the fate of the camels remains unknown.
Probable cause:
Collision with five camels after landing.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.83T in Dar el Caïd Allal Bou Fenzi: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 24, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.83
Operator:
Registration:
I-ARPA
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Rio de Janeiro – Recife – Sal – Villa Cisneros – Lisbon – Seville – Rome
MSN:
34017
YOM:
1939
Location:
Dar el Caïd Allal Bou Fenzi
Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz
Country:
Morocco
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While overflying Morocco in poor weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in Dar el Caïd Allal Bou Fenzi, some 60 km southeast of Mogador. All seven occupants, three Italian journalists and four crew members, were killed. This route was inaugurated from Rome to Rio de Janeiro three days ago, on December 21, 1939 and this was the first back trip to Italy with the German diplomatic mail on board.

Crash of a Breguet 14A.2 near Villa Cisneros: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 2, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Breguet 14
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Desert
Schedule:
Dakar – Casablanca
Location:
Villa Cisneros
Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira
Country:
Western Sahara
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances some 100 km north of Villa Cisneros. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Breguet 14A.2 in Western Sahara

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1927
Type of aircraft:
Breguet 14
Operator:
Registration:
F-ALKU
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Villa Cisneros - Nouadhibou
MSN:
6365.131
YOM:
1922
Location:
Villa Cisneros
Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira
Country:
Western Sahara
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Villa Cisneros (Dakhla) to Port-Étienne (Nouadhibou), in Mauritania, the pilot encountered technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing some 200 km south of Villa Cisneros, in Western Sahara. While the pilot was unhurt, the aircraft was destroyed. It appears that a structural failure occurred on a wing.
Probable cause:
Structural failure in flight.
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