Brooklands - Brooklands

On May 16, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Brooklands - Brooklands experienced a crash involving Vickers Vanguard (Serie I), operated by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, with the event recorded near Shepperton Surrey.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Brooklands on a test flight. While cruising at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the airplane suffered a structural failure with the tail that failed. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located near Shepperton. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both crew members were killed. Crew: F/Lt Edward Rodolph Clement 'Tiny' Scholefield, pilot, S. W. Sherratt, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBCP, MSN 1, year of manufacture 1922.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3939°, -0.4487°.