F-BCUM — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

March 3, 1952AccidentHull loss
Forty-five seconds after takeoff from runway 04 at Nice Airport, while in initial climb, the four engine aircraft banked left, overturned and crashed in a huge explosion near the Saint-Augustin station, north of the airfield. The airplane disintegrated on impact and only a female passenger was found alive.
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc · 38 fatalities
It was decided that the unusual path of the aircraft immediately following the take-off, was due to the blocking of the ailerons to the left at an angle of approximately 10 degrees. Full accident record