ASN Aircraft accident Farman F.60 Goliath F-AEBY Monsures, Somme
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Status:
Date:Monday 14 May 1923
Time:13:43
Type:Silhouette image of generic glth model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Farman F.60 Goliath
Operator:Air Union (France)
Registration: F-AEBY
MSN: 15
First flight: 1922
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Monsures, Somme (   France)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB), France
Destination airport:London-Croydon Airport (-/-), United Kingdom
Narrative:
Crashed following an in-flight failure (loss) of a wing. It crashed and was consumed in the fire that followed.

Classification:
Wing failure
Loss of control

Sources:
» Wikipedia - Farman F.60 Goliath
» Le Farman «Goliath» / par Gérard Hartmann


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Distance from Paris-Le Bourget Airport to London-Croydon Airport as the crow flies is 319 km (200 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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