The crash site is within the Massif des Trois-Évêchés, east of the settlement Le Vernet and beyond the road to the Col de Mariaud, in an area known as the Ravin du Rosé. The aircraft crashed on the southern side of the Tête du Travers, a minor peak in the lower western slopes of the Tête de l'Estrop, at an elevation of 1,550m.(p28) The aircraft was travelling at when it crashed into the mountain. The site is about west of Mount Cimet, where Air France Flight 178 crashed in 1953.