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On approach to Belfast, the crew encountered technical problems in low visibility due to fog. The Captain decided to divert to Blackpool but was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a field due to fuel shortage. The aircraft eventually crash landed near Kirby-in-Furness, some three miles northwest of Ulverston. All three occupants, among them the British State Secretary for Aviation Sir Kingsley Wood, were uninjured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Percival P.10 Vega Gull in Keswick: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 14, 1938 at 1205 LT

Type of aircraft:

Percival P.10 Vega Gull

Operator:

Samuel Smith

Registration:

G-AFGU

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Private

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Newcastle – Liverpool

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K.92

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1938

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En route from Newcastle to Liverpool, the pilot was facing clouds and initiated a sharp turn when he lost control of the airplane which suffered a structural failure, entered a dive and crashed in a field. All three occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Structural failure of the rudder following a sharp turn attempted by the pilot.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Brough

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1938

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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K6301

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Leconfield - Brough

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The twin engine aircraft overshot on landing and crashed in a field past the runway end. All four occupants escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth on Mt Cross Fell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1936

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

Operator:

Lawrence Aircraft Hire

Registration:

G-AARE

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Private

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Mountains

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West Malling - Kingsdown

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1176

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1930

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The pilot Archibald J. Moffat was travelling from West Malling to Kingsdown, in the region of Carlisle. En route, he encountered low visibility due to poor weather conditions when the single engine aircraft impacted the slope of Mt Cross Fell, the highest mountain of the Pennines with 893 metres. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Crash of an Avro 504K in Kirkandrews-upon-Eden

Date & Time: Dec 1, 1921

Type of aircraft:

Avro 504

Operator:

Ingham & Little Aviation Company

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G-EANQ

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J755

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1919

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The aircraft caught fire in flight. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in an open field located in Kirkandrews-upon-Eden, some 5 km northwest of Carlisle. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed by fire. The operator was not insured.

Probable cause:

In-flight fire.