Crash of a Bloch MB.120 near Bolobo: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1935
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
62
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
02
YOM:
1934
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft, dedicated to the French Governor Edouard Renard based in Brazzaville, was delivered in Bangui 8 February 1935. On the morning of March 15, the airplane departed Brazzaville Airport with three passengers and a crew of four. The goal of the trip was a general tour of the country to allow the new Governor to familiarize himself with the country. While flying east of the Congo River, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a wooded area located some 50 km southeast of Bolobo, Congo. The airplane created a trench of about 180 metres and disintegrated on impact. In the evening, the airplane was declared as missing and SAR operations were initiated. The wreckage was spotted four days later by the pilot of a Sabena airplane. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Gaulard, pilot,
Adj/C Ditte, pilot,
Sgt/C Saune, mechanic,
Sgt Guitard, radio operator.
Passengers:
General Edouard Renard,
Mrs. Edouard Renard,
Cdt Alfred Bonningue.

Crash of a Travel Air S6000B in Ario de Rosales: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
XB-AHF
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
968
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Morelia on a liaison flight within the State of Michoacán, carrying two passengers and two crew members. En route, an engine failure forced the pilot to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a pasture located in Ario de Rosales. The pilot Carlos Drayton, the mechanic and a adjutant (personal assistant to the General) were injured while the General Benigno Serrato García, Governor of the State of Michoacán, was killed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Potez 25.A2 in Jan Meda

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
1
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Jan Meda, in the suburb of Addis Ababa, somewhere in January 1934 (exact date unknown). The airplane was named 'Nesre Tafari'. Occupant fate unknown.

Crash of a Sikorsky S-38B in Mérida: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
XA-AGB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
414-11
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The seaplane named 'Mayab' crashed in unknown circumstances in Mérida, killing all five occupants.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti S.55P off Ibiza

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
I-AASZ
Flight Type:
MSN:
10521
YOM:
1929
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances off the island of Ibiza. The seaplane was operated by the Italian Aviation Ministry (Ministero dell’Aeronautica).

Crash of a Fokker F7b/3m in Baghdad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
P-PAAA
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dęblin – Baghdad
MSN:
5057
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a flight from Poland to Iraq on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Communications. On final approach to Baghdad, the aircraft hit a sand dune, overturned and came to rest upside down. A crew member was killed while both others were injured.
Probable cause:
It appears that the crew was approaching the wrong field and that his action was inadequate. Poor visibility seems to be a contributory factor.

Crash of a CMASA Wal off Belém

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1927
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
Argos
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Rio de Janeiro - Belém - Lisbon
MSN:
051
YOM:
1926
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Last March, the crew performed with this seaplane the first transatlantic flight from Portugal to Brazil on behalf of the Portuguese Ministry of Aviation. After several tours in Brazil, the crew was now returning to Lisbon via Guinea. While landing off Belém, the aircraft named 'Argos' hit a dugout canoe and was damaged beyond repair. All three occupants evacuated safely.
Crew:
Sarmento de Beires,
Jorge de Castilho,
Manuel Gouveia.

Crash of a Junkers G.24 in Kayseri

Date & Time: Dec 5, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
S-AAAO
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
847
YOM:
1925
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed upon landing at Kayseri Airport. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was completing a special VIP flight for the turkish government, carrying visitors to the inauguration ceremony of the new TOMTAŞ plane factory in Kayseri.

Crash of a Handley Page O/7 in Beijing: 14 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1922 at 1000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
The aircraft took off on March 29 for a three-day-trial tour within China, carrying 14 people. On approach to Beijing-Nanyuan Airport, the aircraft's tail impacted trees. The airplane lost height and crashed, bursting into flames. All 14 occupants were killed.