Paris – Pau

On June 28, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Paris – Pau experienced a crash involving AAC.1 Toucan, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Pau-Uzein Airport, the three engine aircraft hit power cables and crashed in a field located few km short of the runway threshold. Two crew members, the radio navigator Jacques Favreau and the mechanic Eugène Houix, were killed. A third crew member survived.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BAJS, MSN 020.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.2866°, -0.0927°.