Crash of an Avro 504K in Farnborough: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1921
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8751
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Farnborough - Farnborough
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Farnborough Airport, Hampshire. On approach, the airplane went out of control and crashed in Cove, north of the airfield. One crew member was killed and the second was slightly injured.
Crew:
F/O William Leslie Gordon Spinney, †
F/O Allan Hesketh.