Perpignan - Villacoublay

On October 24, 1967 at 12:00 AM, Perpignan - Villacoublay experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by GLAM - Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles, with the event recorded near Perpignan-Rivesaltes Pyrénées-Orientales.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport, while climbing in heavy rain falls, the twin engine aircraft stalled and crashed near the airport. All three crew members were killed. They were performing a positioning flight to Vélizy-Villacoublay Airport near Paris. Crew: Lt Roger Creach, Adj Yves Plancon, Adj Daniel Colomb.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-RAEY, MSN BA-83, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.7732°, 2.8702°.