Frankfurt – Genoa

On October 5, 1956 at 06:55 PM, Frankfurt – Genoa experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Zonen Aviation - Zone-Redningskorpset Flyve-Tjenesten, with the event recorded near Mt Le Grammont Valais.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing an ambulance flight from Frankfurt to Genoa to pick up a patient. After passing over Bern, the crew was authorized to descend to 6,000 feet and passing over the Lake of Geneva, weather conditions worsened. At an altitude of about 5,600 feet, the airplane went through clouds and the pilot made a turn to the left of 20° for unknown reasons when the airplane struck the northeast face of Mt Le Grammont (2,172 meters) located six km northwest of Vouvry. The wreckage was found less than ten meters below the summit and both crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt Johann-Christian Jessen, pilot, Niels-Michael Seierde, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration OY-DZI, MSN 3732, year of manufacture 1947.