Brindisi – Paris
Flight / Schedule
Brindisi – Paris
Aircraft
Farman F.190Registration
F-AJRY
MSN
7203
Year of Manufacture
1930
Operator
Marcel GouletteDate
May 25, 1932 at 12:00 AM
Type
CRASHFlight Type
Private
Flight Phase
Flight
Crash Site
Mountains
Crash Location
Veroli Lazio
Region
Europe • Italy
Coordinates
41.6913°, 13.4176°
Crash Cause
Human factor
Narrative Report
On May 25, 1932 at 12:00 AM, Brindisi – Paris experienced a crash involving Farman F.190, operated by Marcel Goulette, with the event recorded near Veroli Lazio.
The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.
4 people were known to be on board, 4 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.
The listed crash cause is human factor. On 17 May 1932, the French ship named 'Georges Philippar' burned and sank in the Gulf of Aden. The survivors were evacuated to Brindisi and the French daily newspaper 'L'Excelsior' asked several pilots and crews to repatriate in France the couple Sarah Suzanne Picard and Alfred Lang-Willar, both friends of the French writer Albert Londres who died in this shipwreck. On the 25th of May 1932, both pilots Marcel Goulette and Lucien Moreau accepted to fly to Brindisi to repatriate this couple to Paris. En route, while flying east of Frosinone, the crew encountered low visibility due to mist and did not realized his altitude was too low. The airplane impacted the slope of Mt Ernici located near Veroli. SThe wreckage was found two days later and all four occupants were killed. Crew: Marcel Goulette, pilot, Lucien Moreau, pilot. Passengers: Sarah Suzanne Picard, Alfred Lang-Willar.
Aircraft reference details include registration F-AJRY, MSN 7203, year of manufacture 1930.
Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.6913°, 13.4176°.
Fatalities
Total
4
Crew
2
Passengers
2
Other
0
Crash Summary
On 17 May 1932, the French ship named 'Georges Philippar' burned and sank in the Gulf of Aden. The survivors were evacuated to Brindisi and the French daily newspaper 'L'Excelsior' asked several pilots and crews to repatriate in France the couple Sarah Suzanne Picard and Alfred Lang-Willar, both friends of the French writer Albert Londres who died in this shipwreck. On the 25th of May 1932, both pilots Marcel Goulette and Lucien Moreau accepted to fly to Brindisi to repatriate this couple to Paris. En route, while flying east of Frosinone, the crew encountered low visibility due to mist and did not realized his altitude was too low. The airplane impacted the slope of Mt Ernici located near Veroli. SThe wreckage was found two days later and all four occupants were killed. Crew: Marcel Goulette, pilot, Lucien Moreau, pilot. Passengers: Sarah Suzanne Picard, Alfred Lang-Willar.
Cause: Human factor
Occupants & Outcome
Crew On Board
2
Passengers On Board
2
Estimated Survivors
0
Fatality Rate
100.0%
Known people on board: 4
Operational Details
Schedule / Flight
Brindisi – Paris
Operator
Marcel GouletteFlight Type
Private
Flight Phase
Flight
Crash Site
Mountains
Region / Country
Europe • Italy
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