ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202625
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1939 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: | Morane-Saulnier MS 406 |
| Owner/operator: | Centre de réception des aéronefs de série, Armée de |
| Registration: | 647 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Huchepie, north of Pornic, Loire-Atlantique -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Adjudant Henri Blanc of the "Centre de réception des aéronefs de série" (tasked with testing the aircraft delivered to the French Air Force) flew a test flight aboard the Morane 406 n° 647 and reported on return that the coolant temperature was too high. He took off again at 1150 hrs aboard the same aircraft for a new test flight but was probably overcome by fumes entering the cockpit and lost consciousness. Witnesses saw him doing several rolls in the air at 500-600 m before crashing at 1210 hrs at Huchepie, north of Pornic. Blanc was killed and the fighter was destroyed. He was married, without child.
Sources:
Carton 2B140 des Archives de l’Armée de l’Air, SHAA (covering French Air Force accidents in September 1939)
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7996
https://annuaire.laposte.fr/adresse/lieu-dit-huchepie-44210-pornic/10/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2017 10:31 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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