Marseille - Marseille

On June 13, 1987 at 12:00 AM, Marseille - Marseille experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near La Roque-d’Anthéron Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot, sole on board, was engaged in a fire fighting mission in the Luberon, north of La Roque-d’Anthéron, Bouches-du-Rhône. While flying at low height, the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBEZ, MSN 316, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.7138°, 5.3110°.