Toulouse – Madrid

On December 8, 1936 at 12:00 AM, Toulouse – Madrid experienced a crash involving Potez 540, operated by French Air Force - Armée de l'Air, with the event recorded near Madrid Madrid.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft was performing a flight from Toulouse-Francazal Air Base to Madrid on behalf of the French Embassy in Madrid. While descending to Madrid, the aircraft was attacked by two Spanish Nationalists fighters Polikarpov I-5. Crew decided to attempt an emergency landing in a field located near Guadalaraja, some 40 km northeast of Madrid. The aircraft crash landed and was destroyed by a post crash fire while all six occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AOOO, MSN 228, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.4237°, -3.6899°.