Tananarive – Paris

On June 25, 1937 at 04:00 AM, Tananarive – Paris experienced a crash involving Caudron C.630 Simoun, operated by Private French, with the event recorded near Zanzibar Unguja North Region.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 crew was taking part to an air race from Antananarivo to Paris to establish a new record. The single engine aircraft left Antananarivo on June 25 at 1900LT. While flying by night over Zanzibar, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on the south coast of the island. Both crewmen were killed. It appears an explosion occurred before the aircraft crashed. Crew: Philippe Tréchot, pilot and owner, M. Monteil, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ANCF, MSN 6956.4, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -5.8778°, 39.3526°.