Perpignan – Casablanca

On December 9, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Perpignan – Casablanca experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Air Atlas, with the event recorded near Col de l'Ouillat Pyrénées-Orientales.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located near the Ouillat Pass, on the French territory, about five km north of the Spanish village of Requesens. Three passengers were injured while six other occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced due to poor weather conditions and the crew was flying at an insufficient altitude to pass over the Pyrenees Mountain Range.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BAXY, MSN 16100/32848, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.4793°, 2.9225°.