Positioning | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

On approach to Leicester Airport, at a height of 1,000 feet, a propeller blade broke off. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Propeller blade failure.

Crash of a Simmonds Spartan in Hamble

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1930

Type of aircraft:

Simmonds Spartan

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Registration:

G-AAME

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Positioning

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Hamble – Hanworth

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1929

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Crashed shortly after takeoff for unknown reasons. The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Junkers-Larsen JL-6 in Stuart Lake

Date & Time: Sep 23, 1929

Type of aircraft:

Junkers-Larsen JL-6 (Junkers F.13)

Operator:

United Railway Employees Investments & Industrial Association

Registration:

G-CADP

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Positioning

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

561

YOM:

1921

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The aircraft was flown illegally to Lake Stuart, near Fort Saint James. Upon landing, the seaplane went out of control and came to rest near the beach. Nobody was injured but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The CofR was not valid at the time of the accident.

Crash of a Dornier Do B Merkur in Sukhumi: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1929 at 1347 LT

Type of aircraft:

Dornier Do B Merkur

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-211

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Positioning

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Sukhumi - Kharkiv

MSN:

100

YOM:

1926

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Aircraft flight hours:

675

Circumstances:

Last July 14, the aircraft suffered an incident while taking off from Sukhumi Airport after the undercarriage impacted a fence. The airplane was repaired and a series of test was completed before the aircraft would be released for service. At 1337LT, the crew departed Sukhumi Airport on a positioning flight to Kharkiv but encountered engine problems shortly after takeoff. The captain decided to return but on short final, at a height of 80 metres, he initiated a go-around when the aircraft stalled and crashed in a street located about 350 metres from the runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the airplane stalled from a height of about 80 metres while making a sharp turn at low speed. It is believed that the engine partially failed after takeoff, probably because the radiator was not properly repaired.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Kaunas

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1923

Type of aircraft:

Junkers F.13

Operator:

Lithuania Aeroclub

Registration:

D-322

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Positioning

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Kaunas - Moscow

MSN:

532

YOM:

1920

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The pilot, sole on board, departed Kaunas on a flight to Moscow. Shortly after takeoff, the single engine airplane went out of control and crashed. The pilot Juris Dobkevitchius was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of an Avro 504K in Motunau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1921 at 1115 LT

Type of aircraft:

Avro 504

Operator:

Registration:

D6243

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Positioning

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Kaikoura – Christchurch

Location:

Motunau

Canterbury Regional Council

Country:

New Zealand

Region:

Oceania

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The pilot H. C. Grout was performing some demo flights in the region of Blenheim. After a stop in Kaikoura, he was positioning to his base in Christchurch. En route, the engine failed and he was forced to attempt an emergency landing. At low height, the airplane stalled and crashed in a wheat field near Motunau. Seriously injured, the pilot was evacuated to a local hospital but died from his injuries in the evening. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Vickers Viking 1 in Cottévrard: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1919 at 1300 LT

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Viking (Serie I/II/III & IV)

Operator:

Registration:

G-EAOV

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Positioning

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Plain, Valley

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Brooklands - Paris

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1919

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The British aviator John William Alcock departed Brooklands (Weybridge) that day to Paris-Le Bourget to take part to the first airplane exhibition in Europe after the WWI. While overflying Seine-Maritime, the pilot lost control of the seaplane that crashed in Cottévrard, some 20 km north of Rouen. The pilot was seriously injured (skull fracture) and died few hours later. He performed the first nonstop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland last 15JUN1919 with Arthur Whitten Brown. He was aged 27.