Ajaccio - Antibes

On January 10, 1923 at 12:00 AM, Ajaccio - Antibes experienced a crash involving Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-13, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Appietto Corse-du-Sud.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from the harbor of Ajaccio, the seaplane aircraft went out of control and crashed in a mountainous area located near Appietto, some 10 km north of Ajaccio. Three passengers and the pilot Desnoyelles were killed while the radio navigator was seriously injured and rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AEIB, MSN 4, year of manufacture 1922.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.0141°, 8.7680°.