Toulouse - Toulouse

On December 7, 1966 at 12:00 AM, Toulouse - Toulouse experienced a crash involving Nord 2501 Noratlas, operated by French Air Force - Armée de l'Air, with the event recorded near Saverdun Ariège.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was completing a training mission when he encountered icing conditions. The airplane went out of control and crashed in Saverdun, some 45 km southeast of Toulouse. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were killed. They were conducting a mission on behalf of the CIET 340 (Centre d’Instruction des Équipages de Transport) based at Toulouse-Francazal Airbase. Crew: Cpt Jacques Masniaud, Lt Roger Galibert, Adj Henri Delpech, Sgt André Esposito.

Aircraft reference details include registration 59/F-RBHI, MSN 59, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.2402°, 1.5750°.