Courtrai - Mourmelon

On November 12, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Courtrai - Mourmelon experienced a crash involving Avro 504, operated by Marc Henry, with the event recorded near Mourmelon Marne.

The flight was categorized as training 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, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot Marc Henry was performing a training flight at the Mourmelon Camp located southeast of Reims, Marne. Following a flight from Courtrai-Wevelgem, he was accompanied by a passenger and was completing manoeuvres in the vicinity of the terrain when his aircraft collided with a private Fokker D.VII registered OO-AMI. The undercarriage of the Fokker impacted the windshield of the Avro and both aircraft dove into the ground. All three occupants in both aircraft were injured, Marc Henry seriously. Both aircraft were destroyed. It appears that the pilot of the Fokker was performing aerobatics and was ending a looping when the collision occurred.

Aircraft reference details include registration OO-ANY.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.1313°, 4.3181°.