Grenoble - Grenoble

On August 31, 1958 at 03:30 PM, Grenoble - Grenoble experienced a crash involving Caudron C.280 Phalène, operated by Aéroclub de Saint Étienne de Saint Geoirs, with the event recorded near Grenoble Isère.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

An airshow was organised at Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs Airport on this sunny Sunday. Three passengers won their first flight by a lottery and embarked on this Caudron Phalène owned by the Aéroclub de Saint Etienne de Saint Geoirs. While flying around the airport, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in Grand-Lemps, few km west of the airport. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AMVR, MSN 6903.74, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.1898°, 5.7712°.