ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163582
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| Date: | Saturday 19 May 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Wibault 282.T12 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-AMHL |
| MSN: | 6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Le Bourget (LBG/PFPG) |
| Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-AMHL Wibault 282.T12 (MSN 6); first registered 30.5.33 (C of R 3405) to Cie Air Orient, Paris. Re-registered 7.10.33 (upon formation) to Cie Air France; named “Le Fougueux”
On 19.5.34, Wibault 282.T12 named " 'Le Fougueux" ("Golden Clipper") of Air France crash-landed on a cricket pitch adjacent to Croydon Airport, Surrey, United Kingdom, due to fuel exhaustion. Only one of the ten people on board was injured
Aircraft was presumably repaired and returned to service, as later renamed “Ville de Kaolack” (and based at Dakar, Senegal). Operated by GCAAFN, French Overseas [by 1944]. Registration F-AMHL cancelled 11.6.46
Sources:
1. "Mishap to French Air Liner" The Times (London). Monday, 21 May 1934. (46759), col F, p. 7.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wibault_280#Accidents_and_incidents
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-11.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_accidents_and_incidents
5. https://www.passionair1940.fr/Armee%20de%20l'Air/Appareils/Transport/Wibault-283T/EN-Historiques-2.htm
6. https://www.airteamimages.com/wibault-280_F-AMHL_air-france_97681.html
7. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2014 14:56 | TB | Added |
| 11-Jan-2015 22:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2015 23:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2018 19:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2019 18:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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