Croydon - Croydon

On August 14, 1957 at 12:00 AM, Croydon - Croydon experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Titsey Hill Surrey.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Croydon, while on a local training flight, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. Apparently, the pilot reduced his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground when the airplane clip trees and crashed in a wooded area located in Titsey Hill, about 7 miles southeast of Croydon Airport. Two crew members were rescued while two others were killed, among them S/Ldr Archibald Reginald Gerald Jackson.

Aircraft reference details include registration TX222.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2819°, 0.0093°.