Toulouse - Toulouse

On January 11, 1963 at 12:00 AM, Toulouse - Toulouse experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-749 Constellation, operated by Escadrille Aérienne de Recherche et de Sauvetage - EARS, with the event recorded near Périllos Pyrénées-Orientales.

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

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 12, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Toulouse-Francazal Airbase for a routine flight on behalf of the Escadrille Aérienne de Recherche et de Sauvetage (EARS 99). En route, the four engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Lapalme located near Périllos, some 26 km north of Perpignan. All 12 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BAZM, MSN 2545, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.8970°, 2.8464°.