Croydon – Le Touquet

On September 11, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Croydon – Le Touquet experienced a crash involving Fokker-Grulich F3, operated by British Air Lines - BAL, with the event recorded near Croydon Surrey.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, the airplane suffered technical problems, lost height and crashed onto a house located in Plough Lane, north of the airfield. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all six occupants were escaped with minor injuries. No one on the ground was injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AALC, MSN 1558, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3734°, -0.1020°.