Avions Marcel Dassault - Groupe Dassault

Dassault Falcon 10

The crew (a pilot and a flight engineer) were engaged in a test flight on this first Dassault Falcon 10 prototype of the French manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault (Dassault Aviation). While cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet and a speed of 360 knots, control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and crashed in an open field located in Loreux, about 8 km northeast of Romorantin-Lanthenay. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed. Crew: Alain Tretout, pilot, Jacques Ladeux, flight engineer.

Dassault M.D.315 Flamant

Belly landed somewhere in France while performing a test flight for the manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault.