Oran - Oran

On October 4, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Oran - Oran experienced a crash involving Grumman G-21A Goose, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Béjaïa Béjaïa.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew left Lartigue Airbase (Tafraoui AFB) in Oran on a maritime patrol flight along the coast, between cape Carbon and Cape Tenès, Algiers region. While flying northwest of Béjaïa, the airplane encountered strong downdrafts and crashed on a rocky terrain overlooking the sea. The copilot was killed while three other occupants were injured. Crew: T/Sgt Parfait, pilot, T/Sgt Thinon, copilot, † T/Sgt Pichon, gunner, T/Sgt Jean Claude Deniel, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration 8.S.8, MSN B84, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.7431°, 5.0483°.