Marseille - Marseille

On July 19, 2005 at 05:45 PM, Marseille - Marseille experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near Taradeau Var.

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

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Marseille-Marignane Airport in the afternoon and was dispatched in the area of Taradeau where a forest was on fire. Two helicopters, two others Tracker and five Canadair CL-415 were also dispatched to the same zone. The pilot was approaching the area on fire when he momentarily lost visual contact with the ground. The aircraft impacted trees and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBBL, MSN 626, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.4541°, 6.4271°.