Farnborough - Farnborough

On September 20, 1968 at 03:13 PM, Farnborough - Farnborough experienced a crash involving Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Farnborough Hampshire.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 120.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Registered 43 (F-XCVX), the aircraft was engaged in a demo flight at the annual Farnborough Airshow and was carrying five officers of the flottille 22F based at Nîmes-Garons Naval Air Station, France. Following several circuits, the crew decided to make a new low pass in front of the spectators with the left engine shut down and its propeller feathered. On final, while at an altitude of 300 feet and a speed of 140 knots with the flaps down to 10°, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion on a parking located few hundred yards short of runway. Upon impact, the empennage was torn off and crashed on the roof of the staff mess of the British Air Force Aeronautical Research Center. All five crew members were killed as well one man on the ground. Crew: Cpt Jean-Yves Saint-M'Leux, OE1 G. Durand, EV C. Lemaire, QM R. Bequier, S/Maj A. Goasguen.

Aircraft reference details include registration 43/F-XCVX, MSN 43.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2870°, -0.7535°.