Paris – Toulouse

On November 1, 1946 at 11:20 AM, Paris – Toulouse experienced a crash involving AAC.1 Toucan, operated by Compagnie de Transports Aériens du Languedoc-Roussillon - CTALR, with the event recorded near Saint-Léger-la-Montagne Haute-Vienne.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

27 people were known to be on board, 24 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 88.9%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 24, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While approaching Limoges, the crew requested to ATC if there was any icing conditions in the area, and it was reported that icing could be encountered between the altitude of 1,000 and 1,200 meters. Few minutes later, while flying at this altitude, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a wooded area located in Saint-Léger-la-Montagne. Three wounded passengers were evacuated while 21 other occupants, among them all three crew members, were killed. Crew: Mr. Mathurin, pilot, Mr. Couvidou, radio navigator, Mr. Virly, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BCAD, MSN 284.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.0293°, 1.4188°.