Salon-de-Provence - Salon-de-Provence

On September 21, 1968 at 12:00 AM, Salon-de-Provence - Salon-de-Provence experienced a crash involving Max Holste M.H.1521M Broussard, operated by French Air Force - Armée de l'Air, with the event recorded near Ancelle Hautes-Alpes.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 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 100.0%.

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

The single engine airplane departed Salon-de-Provence Airbase on a training mission over the Alps with a pilot and five skydivers on board. While cruising at an altitude of 1,300 meters, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in flames near Moissière Pass. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed. Crew: Cpt Jean Salette. Passengers: S/Sgt Jean Bousquet, Cpt Yves Charpentier, Cpt Bernard Pergeline, Cpt Bernard Billiet, Cpt Max Bonnaud.

Aircraft reference details include registration 135/F-TEBC, MSN 184, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.6236°, 6.2098°.