Date: | Tuesday 20 July 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | SNCAC NC.211 Cormoran |
Owner/operator: | SNCAC |
Registration: | - |
MSN: | 001 |
Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
Total airframe hrs: | 0 hours |
Cycles: | 0 flights |
Engine model: | SNECMA 14R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 1 km E of Villacoublay Air Base (BA 107) -
France
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Toussus-le-Noble Airport (TNF/LFPN) |
Destination airport: | Villacoublay Air Base (BA 107) (VIY/LFPV) |
Narrative:The SNCAC NC.211 Cormoran prototype was destroyed when it crashed in a forest near Villacoublay Air Base, France on its first flight.
The four-engine transport plane was built by SNCAC at Toussus-le-Noble and was being flown to Villacoublay Air Base were further flight testing was to be carried out. During the approach, as flaps were selected to 40°, the crew lost control and the aircraft crashed. A post-crash fire broke out.
Sources:
Bulletin Groupe Historique de Toussus-le-Noble n°6, année 2001 Location
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