Pau – Bordeaux – Paris

On January 13, 1946 at 01:20 AM, Pau – Bordeaux – Paris experienced a crash involving AAC.1 Toucan, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Bordeaux Gironde.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport, the crew was unable to locate the airfield due to low visibility caused by night and foggy conditions. While flying at a too low altitude, the three engine aircraft hit with a wing the top of a church located in Le Bouscat and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed. There were no casualties on the ground. Crew: Jean Perrin, pilot, Hippolyte Le Coroller, radio navigator, René Morin, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BANP, MSN 150.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.7937°, -0.6683°.