Wellesbourne Mountford - Wellesbourne Mountford

On June 4, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Wellesbourne Mountford - Wellesbourne Mountford experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Wellesbourne Mountford AFB Warwickshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot, sole on board, was performing a local training sortie at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. While descending to the airbase at an altitude of 2,000 feet, he lost control of the airplane that nosed down and plunged to an altitude of 800 feet. Then it went into a dive and crashed in flames in a field, killing the pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration NM548.