Marseille - Marseille

On November 8, 1967 at 12:00 AM, Marseille - Marseille experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near Marseille-Marignane Bouches-du-Rhône.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a local training flight at Marseille-Marignane with scoping manoeuvres under call sign 'Pélican Blanc'. Upon landing, the airplane nosed down, plunged into the sea and partially sank. A crew member was killed while three others were rescued. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBAQ, MSN 1684, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.4375°, 5.2130°.