ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121013
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 January 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale Alouette II |
| Owner/operator: | Aéronavale |
| Registration: | 1113 |
| MSN: | 1113 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hyères BAN, Var 83 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saint-Mandrier base |
| BAN Hyères | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
In-flight fire. Crashed on landing.
Crash of Alouette II n°1113 during a liaison flight on January 24 at the Hyères Naval Air Base. The four naval officers present in the aircraft are deceased. They are: CC Aircraft Commander Jean-Marc Derrien, Commanding Officer 23.S Squadron, Co-pilot EV1 Stephen Touchet, Passengers: CF Christian Mermoz, CF Romain Lauer.
Flying under the command of Ensign Touchet, Alouette II helicopter No 1113 of 23 S Squadron took off on January 24, 1995 from its Saint-Mandrier base for a coastal transit to NAS Hyères with four officers who were to participate in a meeting in the premises of this base.
Arriving at the threshold of runway 32 of the BAN Hyères runway, the helicopter suffered an in-flight breakage of its main rotor and crashed at the beginning of the No. 5 runway where it caught fire.
All its occupants perished in this accident.
Sources:
1. Flight International 24 - 30 April 1996, p38
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20121118000509/http://www.scramble.nl:80/sb.htm
http://www.ffaa.net/helicopters/alouette-2/alouette-2_fr.htm
http://memorial-aen.fr/detail.php?&id=1688
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2011 13:08 | TB | Added |
| 27-Oct-2020 08:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2020 08:48 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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