Casablanca – Dakar

On November 11, 1926 at 08:00 AM, Casablanca – Dakar experienced a crash involving Breguet 14, operated by Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Aéronautiques - CGEA, with the event recorded near Cape Bojador Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 technical failure. En route from CAsablanca to Dakar, while cruising along the shore, the engine failed. The crew made an emergency landing on a beach near Cape Bojador. After landing, the crew was attacked by Maures tribesmen and killed while the aircraft was set on fire and destroyed. Crew: Léopolds Gourp, pilot, Henri Erable, copilot, Mr. Pintado, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AFAX, MSN 198, year of manufacture 1923.