Étampes - Étampes

On September 26, 1925 at 12:00 AM, Étampes - Étampes experienced a crash involving Potez 25, operated by Paul Tarascon, with the event recorded near Étampes Essonne.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. Both French aviators Paul Tarascon and François Coli were performing a training flight to take part of the 'Orteig' prize rewarding the first north Atlantic nonstop flight between New York and Paris, either way. The crew departed Étampes in the day for a nonstop training flight over the southwest region of Paris, passing over Chartres and Orleans before returning to Étampes. After a flight of 20 hours, while cruising by night and with a high outside temperature, both pilots doze off and did not realize the aircraft was flying too low. It impacted a tree and crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. Both crew were injured, Paul Tarascon was seriously burned. The aircraft named 'Ocean' was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AHDC, MSN 2, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.5250°, 2.0291°.