Leuchars - Leuchars

On February 15, 1932 at 12:00 AM, Leuchars - Leuchars experienced a crash involving Fairey III, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Leuchars AFB Fife.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 departed RAF Leuchars on a local training flight. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the aircraft collided with a RAF Avro 504N registered J8509. While the crew of the Avro was able to return to RAF Leuchars and to complete a safe landing, the Fairey entered a dive and crashed, killing both crew members. Crew: F/O Herbert George Hicks, AC1 Richard Beattie.

Aircraft reference details include registration S1332, MSN F.1072, year of manufacture 1928.