Cranwell - Cape Town

On December 17, 1929 at 10:40 PM, Cranwell - Cape Town experienced a crash involving Fairey Long Range, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Zaghouan Zaghouan Governorate (<U+0648><U+0644><U+0627><U+064A><U+0629> <U+0632><U+063A><U+0648><U+0627><U+0646><U+200E>).

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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 human factor. The crew was performing a nonstop flight from England to South Africa and the Royal Air Force ordered this Fairey Long Range Monoplane to establish a new record. The aircraft departed RAF Cranwell in the morning bound to the south. While overflying Tunisia by night, the crew did not realize his altitude was too low and was unable to distinguish the mountains (Djebel Zaghouan). Around 2240LT, the single engine airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located southwest of Zaghouan. The wreckage was found the following morning. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and both crew members were killed. Crew: Arthur Gordon Jones-Williams, Norman Hugh Jenkins.

Aircraft reference details include registration J9479, MSN 01, year of manufacture 1928.