F-ZBBU

On July 19, 1986 at 11:30 AM, F-ZBBU experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near La Jonquera Catalonia.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting 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: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was dispatched in a fire fighting mission over the Pyrenees Mountains. After the water was spread over the fire, the crew was trying to gain height when the aircraft struck a rock and crashed on the south slope of the Puig Llobregat (Mt de la Pouge) located northeast of Perthus Pass. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were killed. Crew: Jean-Pierre Davenet, Jacques Ogier, Jack Le Bel, Roland Denard.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBBU, MSN 45219, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.4208°, 2.8728°.