Etempes - Baghdad

On September 13, 1925 at 12:00 AM, Etempes - Baghdad experienced a crash involving Breguet 19, operated by Breguet Industries, with the event recorded near Hinterzarten Baden-Württemberg.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Both French aviators Robert Thiéry and Dieudonné Costes departed Étempes on 12SEP1925 for a nonstop flight to Baghdad to establish a new world record. While flying southeast of Freiburg im Breisgau, the aircraft went out of control and crashed for unknown reason in the Hollenbach River located near Hinterzarten. Few minutes after the crash, Dieudonné Costes regained consciousness but was still in water with his both legs broken. He tried to rescue his friend Robert Thiéry but he was killed on impact.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AHDP, MSN 64, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.9064°, 8.1036°.