Marseille - Marseille

On August 20, 2005 at 10:00 AM, Marseille - Marseille experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near Valgorge Ardèche.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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 departed Marseille-Marignane and was dispatched in an area west of Aubenas to fight a forest fire with one other Tracker, one De Havilland DHC-8 and two Canadair CL-415. After a first Tracker successfully dropped its retardant, the second Tracker approached the area when it collided with hilly terrain and crashed, bursting into flames. Both pilots were killed. Crew: Régis Huillier, pilot, Albert Pouzoulet, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBFE, MSN 32, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.5872°, 4.1284°.