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Date: | Saturday 21 June 1969 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Jodel D.140R ABEILLE |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | F-BOPL |
MSN: | 524 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | Rhone River, near Saint Vulbas (Rhones-Alpes region) -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Perouges |
Destination airport: | ? |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Late in the afternoon, the Jodel departed Perouges, carrying a pilot (former fighter aircraft pilot) and 3 passengers (2 men and 1 women). While cruising at low altitude near a nuclear power plant located in Saint-Vulbas commune, the plane hit and cut power lines. It crashed out of control in the Rhone River, killing all aboard; two bodies and the wreckage were recovered from the water at Loyettes bridge, the two other were found at Jons dam. Saint-Vulbas is a city in the Ain department but is close to the border with the Isere department.
Sources:
"Drames aériens dans le département de l'Isère"
"Drames aériens dans le département de l'Ain"
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Apr-2012 09:51 |
Ulysse B. |
Added |
29-Apr-2012 11:32 |
Ulysse B. |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2012 11:51 |
Anon. |
Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
30-Apr-2012 00:00 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
13-May-2012 11:33 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source] |
27-Jan-2021 22:03 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Country] |