Cranwell - Cranwell

On April 1, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Cranwell - Cranwell experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.9, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Cranwell AFB Lincolnshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight 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 completing a local training flight out from RAF Cranwell. While flying in the vicinity of the airfield, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot William Henry Hodgkinson was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration J8159.