Clermont Ferrand - Clermont Ferrand

On December 28, 1971 at 12:00 AM, Clermont Ferrand - Clermont Ferrand experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by Air Inter, with the event recorded near Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne (Aulnat) Puy-de-Dôme.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a local training flight at Clermont-Ferrand-Aulnat Airport. During the takeoff roll, the instructor voluntarily shut down the engine n°4 to simulate a failure. The pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that veered off runway to the right and came to rest in a grassy area. While both pilots were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BOEA, MSN 12, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.7972°, 3.1699°.