Bangui – Yaoundé – Douala

On July 1, 1947 at 12:00 AM, Bangui – Yaoundé – Douala experienced a crash involving AAC.1 Toucan, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Eséka Centre.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 13 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: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising in marginal weather conditions, the three engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain near Eséka. All thirteen occupants were killed. Crew: Louis Coupvent, pilot, Robert Ferrisse, radio navigator, Frank Malaret, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BALF, MSN 091.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 3.6427°, 10.7728°.