Issoire-Le Broc - Issoire-Le Broc

On September 5, 1999 at 05:15 PM, Issoire-Le Broc - Issoire-Le Broc experienced a crash involving Dassault M.D.315 Flamant, operated by Amicale des Avions anciens de la Drôme, with the event recorded near Issoire-Le Broc Puy-de-Dôme.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 aircraft was dispatched at Issoire-Le Broc to take part to an airshow. The crew already completed several low passes and presentation to the public (about 8,000 people). At the end of the afternoon, the crew approached the grassy runway to perform a new low pass when the aircraft went out of control, overturned and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed. Crew: Jean-Louis Escoffier, pilot, Gérard Launois, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AZAI, MSN 228, year of manufacture 1950.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.4971°, 3.2551°.