Caudron C.280 Phalène

Aéroclub de Saint Étienne de Saint Geoirs

An airshow was organised at Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs Airport on this sunny Sunday. Three passengers won their first flight by a lottery and embarked on this Caudron Phalène owned by the Aéroclub de Saint Etienne de Saint Geoirs. While flying around the airport, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in Grand-Lemps, few km west of the airport. All four occupants were killed.

French Air Force - Armée de l'Air

The crew was performing a test flight on behalf of battalion 107 based in the Ambérieu-en-Bugey Airbase. Ten minutes after takeoff from Ambérieu Airbase, while flying at a height of about 100 metres facing the sun, the aircraft hit power cables and crashed in a potato field located near the hamlet of La Route, near Jujurieux. Both crew members were killed. Crew: Slt Adrien Charles Bourbon, pilot, Adj André Martin, engineer.

Aéroclub de Guinée

Crashed on landing for unknown reason, injuring the pilot, sole occupant.

Compagnie Générale TransSaharienne - CGT France

Crew was performing a mail flight from Algiers to Cotonou with intermediate stops in Colomb-Béchar, Bidon 5 and Gao. On the last leg from Gao to Cotonou, crew encountered poor weather conditions due to a sandstorm. In low visibility, he decided to reduce his altitude when the aircraft hit the ground and crashed. While both occupants were slightly injured, the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces.

Valentine Meccas

The airplane departed Paris-Orly on a local private flight. While completing aerobatic manoeuvres, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in Athis-Mons, south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Gaston Sourdes

The airplane was completing as local flight with four people on board, three passengers and one pilot. While flying at a height of about 100 metres, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed. All four occupants were killed. Crew: Gaston Sourdes, pilot. Passengers: André Faure, Jeanne Sourdes, Jacqueline Sourdes.

Aéroclub de la Tour du Pin

The airplane departed Guyancourt, Yvelines, on a flight to Oyonnax with spare parts for another aircraft broken down in Oyonnax. While cruising northwest of Dijon, the crew encountered foggy conditions when the airplane crashed in an open field located in Panges. Both occupants were killed. Crew: Henri Valot, pilot André Lavalée, engineer by Renault.

Henri Gelley

The single engine airplane departed Paris-Orly on a private flight to Biarritz, carrying three passengers and one pilot. En route, he encountered various technical problems and this brand new aircraft that had just been delivered. While approaching Biarritz, he encountered an unexpected situation and abandoned the aircraft that crashed near a wooded area located in Le Penon, some 28 km north of Biarritz. The pilot was found uninjured while all three passengers were killed. Crew: Henri Gelley, pilot. Passengers: André Chalaux, Maurice Dubois Louis Pluquet.