F-AEGO

On December 23, 1925 at 12:00 AM, F-AEGO experienced a crash involving Caudron C.59, operated by Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne - CIDNA, with the event recorded near Naples Campania.

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, 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 technical failure. The crew was engaged in a reconnaissance flight to find new routes to Far East. While approaching the Italian coast following an uneventful flight from Tehran, he encountered technical problems and was forced to ditch the aircraft in the Bay of Naples. Both pilots evacuated safely and were later rescued by the crew of a Danish ship while the aircraft sank and was lost. Crew: Maurice Noguès, Chief Pilot August Morin, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AEGO, MSN 3/5055, year of manufacture 1922.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.8396°, 14.2549°.