F-BELO

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • November 29, 1949AccidentHull loss

    On approach to Lyon-Bron Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with fog. On final, the pilot in command descended to low when the aircraft hit a chestnut tree, overturned and crashed in flames in a field located in Saint-Just-Chaleyssin, about 15 km from runway 34 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and five people were killed, three crew members and two passengers. Crew killed were: Louis Villeval, pilot, Pierre Vire, radio navigator, Jean-Maurice Dauget,

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