Nice – Marseille – Lyon – Paris

On June 4, 1947 at 10:00 PM, Nice – Marseille – Lyon – Paris experienced a crash involving AAC.1 Toucan, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Gémenos Bouches-du-Rhône.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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 the leg from Nice to Marseille, the crew started the descent to Marignane Airport when the three engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in the Sainte-Beaume Mountain Range, near Gémenos. A crew member was seriously injured while both other occupants were killed. Two days later, the only survivor died from his injuries. Delivered in September 5, 1945, the aircraft entered in service in June 8, 1946 only. Crew: Gabriel Cahouet, pilot, Henri Decoudray, radio navigator, Robert Salles, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BANB, MSN 136, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.2962°, 5.6295°.