Paris – Barcelona – Casablanca – Dakar – Recife – Rio de Janeiro – Buenos Aires

On June 14, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Paris – Barcelona – Casablanca – Dakar – Recife – Rio de Janeiro – Buenos Aires experienced a crash involving Breguet 14, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Barcelona Catalonia.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff, in initial climb, the engine lost power. The aircraft lost height, hit a telegraph pole and crashed. The mechanic was seriously injured and the pilot Jean Garrabos was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AFEJ, MSN 217, year of manufacture 1923.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.3819°, 2.1763°.