Warsaw - Prague - Strasbourg - Paris

On July 16, 1922 at 03:55 AM, Warsaw - Prague - Strasbourg - Paris experienced a crash involving Blériot Spad 33, operated by Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne, with the event recorded near Saverne Bas-Rhin.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Strasbourg-Neuhof Airport, while climbing, the pilot encountered engine problems while flying in unfavorable winds. The aircraft banked left and crashed in a field located in Saverne, northwest of Strasbourg. All five occupants were killed, among them four British citizens who were flying back to Paris after taking part to a car racing (Grand Prix de France 1922) on the circuit of Strasbourg. Crew: Henri Louis, pilot. Passengers: John Robinson, Joseph Donald, Percy Jack Stevans, Mr Johnson.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-FREI, MSN 25, year of manufacture 1921.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.7488°, 7.5710°.