F-WFAL

On October 31, 1972 at 12:00 AM, F-WFAL experienced a crash involving Dassault Falcon 10, operated by Avions Marcel Dassault - Groupe Dassault, with the event recorded near Romorantin-Lanthenay Loir-et-Cher.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew (a pilot and a flight engineer) were engaged in a test flight on this first Dassault Falcon 10 prototype of the French manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault (Dassault Aviation). While cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet and a speed of 360 knots, control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and crashed in an open field located in Loreux, about 8 km northeast of Romorantin-Lanthenay. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed. Crew: Alain Tretout, pilot, Jacques Ladeux, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-WFAL, MSN 001, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.4498°, 1.9419°.