Sealand - Sealand

On May 19, 1933 at 12:00 AM, Sealand - Sealand experienced a crash involving Avro 504, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Sealand AFB (Shotwick AFB) Flintshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Sealand. On approach, in circumstances that remains unclear, the aircraft collided with another RAF Avro 504N registered J8676 with one pilot on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. One crew on board J8533 survived while both other crew members were killed. Crew involved: F/Lt Murray Meyrick Restell-Little, † P/O John Frederick Napier Fairbanks, † P/O Patrick Hunter Dunn.

Aircraft reference details include registration J8533.