ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26589
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 October 1933 |
| Time: | 11:20 LT |
| Type: | Farman F.301 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-AJMI |
| MSN: | 04/7184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Étobon (Haute-Saone) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Paris |
| Basel | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft was operating a scheduled international passenger flight (routed Zurich–Basel–Paris). It was carrying four chamois, 132 kilos of various goods, 239 kilos of gold and 20 kilos of mail. Crew left Basel Airport at 10:30 LT in good weather conditions. But some fifty minutes later, these conditions worsened and the visibility became poor due to fog. While cruising at an altitude of some 600 meters, aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located on a hillside in Étobon, twelve km west of Belfort, Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (at approximate Coordinates: 47°38′38″N 6°40′37″E)
A passenger and the radio navigator were killed, while all three other occupants were injured. A chamois (a type of small deer) was killed due to its injuries while all the other three animals escaped from the cargo hold, and ran away from the wreckage. All goods, gold and mail were recovered. Aircraft was christened 'L'Étoile d'argent'. This incident was the first fatal accident involving an Air France aircraft, some three weeks after the airline was created.
Crew:
Gaston Lafannechère, pilot, injured
Mr. Bloquet, mechanic, injured
Camille Suply, radio navigator, killed
Passenger Werner Spoeri killed
Sources:
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-etonon-etoileargent
Media:
Embed from Getty Images
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Mar-2019 00:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2019 00:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2019 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2019 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2020 20:50 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 09:17 | TB | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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