Saint Louis - Recife

On May 5, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Saint Louis - Recife experienced a crash involving Farman F.60 Goliath, operated by Société Générale des Transports Aériens - SGTA, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Originally, the flight was supposed to be performed with a Farman F.121 Jabiru but it was not ready for this mission, so an old Farman F.61 Goliath was delivered to the team. With two new engines and floats, the airplane departed Saint Louis (Senegal) at 0715LT bound for Recife, Pernambouc. The aircraft named 'France Amérique Latine' never arrived at destination and SAR operations were initiated. They were eventually abandoned as no trace from the aircraft nor the crew was found. Brazilian fishermen found a wheel of the aircraft on 18JUN1927 but this was the only element ever found. Crew: Lt de Vaisseau Hervé de Mouneyrès, Ens de Vaisseau Coeffin, Mr. Petit, mechanic, Cpt Jacques de Serre.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ADFN, MSN 22, year of manufacture 1921.