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Date: | Friday 9 January 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sud Aviation SE-116 Voltigeur |
Owner/operator: | Sud Aviation |
Registration: | F-ZWVI |
MSN: | 02 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Salon de Provence -
France
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Istres |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Second prototyp of "Le Voltigeur" Tail flutter developed in a high-speed run, broke up and crashed on seventh test flight.
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 10 January 1959, p1
https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=7352 https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-eyguires-se116 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Aug-2015 17:19 |
TB |
Added |
07-Sep-2020 15:17 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Source] |
12-Sep-2022 12:21 |
Cobar |
Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |