Paris - Croydon

On June 8, 1921 at 12:00 AM, Paris - Croydon experienced a crash involving Blériot Spad 27, operated by Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes - CMA, with the event recorded near Dieppe Seine-Maritime.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) 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 weather. The pilot, sole on board, was completing a mail flight from Paris-Le Bourget to Croydon. While flying in the region of Dieppe, he encountered low visibility due to foggy conditions. At a too low altitude, the airplane impacted trees with one of its wings, stalled and crashed in the Arques forest. While the pilot was seriously injured, the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-CMAV, MSN 1252, year of manufacture 1920.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.8303°, 0.9142°.