Incident Latécoère 21bis F-AIFH,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16935
 
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Date:Friday 24 September 1926
Time:day
Type:Latécoère 21bis
Owner/operator:Cie France Algérie
Registration: F-AIFH
MSN: 71.1
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:sea off Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône 13 -   France
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
Destination airport:Algiers, Algeria
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
F-AIFH Latecoere 21bis (MSN 71.1); first registered 10.9.26 (C of R 1590) to Societe Industrielle d’Aviation Latecoere, Paris (based Marseille). Re-registered to Cie France-Algerie, Paris (based Marseille)

Written off (destroyed) 24.9.26: Crew of three were performing a test flight on this new seaplane which was scheduled to open the new route between Marseille and Algiers shortly. In unknown circumstances, aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Marseille. While all three occupants were injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Sources:

1. Aeroplane Monthly, March 1990
2. http://airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-4.html
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-latecoere-21bis-marseille .

Media:

Latécoère 21 3-view Les Ailes November 11, 1926

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Mar-2008 05:44 harro Added
16-Dec-2017 08:50 Sergey L. Updated [Cn, Source]
25-Mar-2019 21:48 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Mar-2019 21:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code]
25-Mar-2019 21:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]

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