Villa Cisneros - Nouadhibou

On December 8, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Villa Cisneros - Nouadhibou experienced a crash involving Breguet 14, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Villa Cisneros Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Villa Cisneros (Dakhla) to Port-Étienne (Nouadhibou), in Mauritania, the pilot encountered technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing some 200 km south of Villa Cisneros, in Western Sahara. While the pilot was unhurt, the aircraft was destroyed. It appears that a structural failure occurred on a wing.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ALKU, MSN 6365.131, year of manufacture 1922.