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Date: | Tuesday 26 August 1930 |
Time: | 18:30 LT |
Type: | Farman F.63Bis Goliath |
Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chavannes, Eure-et-Loir 28 -
France
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Chartres, Eure-et-Loire |
Destination airport: | Chartres, Eure-et-Loire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crew was engaged in a training mission on behalf of the 22nd Regiment based in Chartres. While approaching the airport, aircraft stalled and crashed into three houses located in Chavannes, some 4 km north of Chartres. Accident was caused by a stall due to insufficient speed on approach. All six occupants were killed while nobody on the ground was hurt. Few houses and the aircraft were destroyed.
Sources:
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https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-farman-f63bis-goliath-chartres-6-killed The Daily Express 28 August 1930, p4
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Apr-2019 19:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
01-Oct-2019 09:36 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |