Casablanca – Málaga – Alicante – Barcelona – Perpignan – Toulouse

On August 1, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Casablanca – Málaga – Alicante – Barcelona – Perpignan – Toulouse experienced a crash involving Latécoère 17, operated by Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Aéronautiques - CGEA, with the event recorded near Argelès-sur-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) 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 Barcelona to Perpignan, the crew overflew the east part of the Pyrenees Mountains and was descending to Perpignan-La Llabanère Airport. Due to low visibility, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was insufficient. On approach, the aircraft crashed on a hill located in Saint-André, some 3 km west of Argelès-sur-Mer. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all three crew members were killed. Crew: Alexandre Bury, pilot, Georges Guyollot, copilot, Léopold Servin, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIGL, MSN 622, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.5464°, 3.0247°.