Lyon – Paris

On December 12, 1939 at 01:10 PM, Lyon – Paris experienced a crash involving Wibault 282/283, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Fontclauze Loire.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While overflying Saint-Chamond, near Saint-Etienne, black smoke was coming from the aircraft that crashed 10 minutes later in Fontclauze, near Caloire, west of Saint-Etienne. The captain survived while all four other occupants were killed. The aircraft was on its way from Lyon-Bron to Paris-Le Bourget on behalf of the French Air Force. Crew: Maurice Suau, pilot, Charles Deguin, copilot, † Roger Pehau, engineer, † Marie Robert Peperiot, radio navigator, † Albert Legendre, engineer. †

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AMTT, MSN 10, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.4135°, 4.2262°.