1962 Air Nautic Boeing 307 crash

Aviation accident July 2025 1962 Air Nautic Boeing 307 crash 29 December 1962 Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Airnautic JP6984495.jpg Air Nautic Boeing 307, similar to the aircraft involved Controlled flight into terrain Accident Monte Renoso, Corsica (France) Bastia-Poretta Airport, Bastia, France Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport, Ajaccio, France Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, Nice, France 42 01 59 N 9 04 48 E region:US-MT_type:landmark inline,title 25 25 Boeing 307 Stratoliner Air Nautic F-BELZ 22 3 0 On 29 December 1962, a Boeing 307 Stratoliner of Air Nautic (also referred as AirNautic) operating as a charter passenger flight from Bastia to Nice via Ajaccio crashed into Monte Renoso mountain on the island of Corsica, France. In the accident, all 25 occupants were killed.9 July 2025 29 December 2012 Drame du Renoso : l’émotion 50 ans après https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/corse/2012/12/29/drame-du-renoso-l-emotion-50-ans-apres-172013.html France 3 Corse14 July 2025 January 1963 Les sauveteurs ont atteint les pentes du mont Renoso sur lesquelles s'est écrasé l'avion Bastia-Nice. Il n'y a aucun survivant https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1963/01/01/les-sauveteurs-ont-atteint-les-pentes-du-mont-renoso-sur-lesquelles-s-est-ecrase-l-avion-bastia-nice-il-n-y-a-aucun-survivant_3093755_1819218.html www.lemonde.fr Aircraft The aircraft involved was a twenty-two-year-old four-engine turboprop Boeing 307 Stratoliner with serial number 2001 and registration F-BELZ.March 2026 Investigation The accident was investigated by the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA). In June 1964, the BEA published their findings. A series of errors had been made by the crew, who made insufficient preparation for the flight and committed a serious error in estimating the duration of the flight. The crew failed to observe the cruising altitude entered on the flight plan and check properly the navigation of the aircraft, which resulted in a wrong estimation of the position of the aircraft. They also failed to maintain a safe altitude and started the descent prematurely, subsequently entering into instrument flight conditions.16 June 1964 Rapport final de la commission d'enquête sur l'accident survenu le 29 décembre 1962 sur les pentes du Monte Renoso (Corse) à l'avion Boeing 307 F- BELZ de la Compagnie Air Nautic Final report of the commission of inquiry into the accident which occurred on 29 December 1962 in Monte Renoso. https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/1962/f-lz621229/pdf/f-lz621229_05.pdf 14 July 2025 Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety French See also France Aviation 1963 Air Nautic Vickers Viking crash References Sources 19621229-0 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in France Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962 Category:1962 in France Category:December 1962 in Europe Category:1962 disasters in France