Marseille - Marseille

On June 18, 1989 at 12:00 AM, Marseille - Marseille experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near Saint-Martin-Vésubie Alpes-Maritimes.

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 Saint-Martin-Vésubie, about 40 km north of Nice. In unclear circumstances, the twin engine airplane struck trees and crashed in a wooded area. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and the pilot was killed. Pilot: Christian Lallement.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBEG, MSN 413, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.0701°, 7.2565°.