Marseille – Lyon – Paris

On December 10, 1935 at 12:00 AM, Marseille – Lyon – Paris experienced a crash involving Potez 62, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Auxerre Yonne.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, while flying over the Morvan mountains, crew encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls and icing. The right engine failed, most probably due to icing and the captain decided to divert to Auxerre Airport for a safe landing. On approach, the left engine failed as well. Aware he was unable to reach the airport, captain decided to make an emergency landing in a snow covered field few km short of runway. The touch down was heavy and the aircraft christened 'Cormoran' slid for several yards before coming to rest. All seven occupants were unhurt and could evacuate the cabin and unloaded all mail bags and cargo when 15 minutes later, a fire erupted and consumed the aircraft that was destroyed. Crew: Mr. Chovard, pilot, Mr. Doussemain, radio navigator, Mr. Berbruck, engineer, Mr. Lachance, steward.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ANPH, MSN 3845/2, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.8418°, 3.0661°.