1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash
A SNCASE Languedoc of Air France, similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 3, 1952 |
| Summary | Jammed controls, design error |
| Site | ca 1 km N of Nice-le Var Airport 43°40′00″N 7°12′28″E / 43.66667°N 7.20778°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | SNCASE SE.161/P7 Languedoc |
| Operator | Air France |
| Registration | F-BCUM |
| Flight origin | Tunis-El Aouina Airport (TUN/DTTA), Tunisia |
| Stopover | Nice-le Var Airport (NCE/LFMN), Nice |
| Destination | Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB), Paris |
| Passengers | 34 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 38 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash occurred on 3 March 1952 when a SNCASE SE.161/P7 Languedoc aircraft of Air France crashed on take-off from Nice Airport for Le Bourget Airport, Paris, killing all 38 people on board. The cause of the accident was that the aileron controls had jammed, which in itself was contributed to by a design fault. The accident was the third-deadliest in France at the time and is the deadliest involving the SNCASE Languedoc.