Málaga – Alicante – Barcelona – Toulouse

On May 25, 1925 at 05:00 AM, Málaga – Alicante – Barcelona – Toulouse experienced a crash involving Breguet 14, operated by Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Aéronautiques - CGEA, with the event recorded near Alicante Valencian Community.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Shortly after takeoff from Alicante-Els Àngels Airfield, while climbing to a height of 150 metres, the pilot encountered unfavorable winds (strong downdrafts). The aircraft lost height and crashed, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed while all three passengers were seriously injured. The weather was very bad at the time of the accident as another pilot of the company refused to start the flight. He was replaced by Raoul Berjaud, Station Manager, at the last minute. Crew: Raoul Berjaud, pilot, Émile Lempereur, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AFBB, MSN 202, year of manufacture 1923.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.9259°, -0.7345°.