G-ACKT

On December 5, 1933 at 12:00 AM, G-ACKT experienced a crash involving General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar, operated by Mary du Caurroy, with the event recorded near Lidlington Bedfordshire.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Woburn Abbey on a joyride with one passenger on board, Mary du Caurroy, Her Grace The Duchess of Bedford, and one pilot, F/Lt James Bernard Allen. While cruising at low height, the airplane collided with high tension cables and crashed. The passenger was slightly injured and the pilot was critically injured. He died from his injuries later that day.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ACKT, MSN 29, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.0402°, -0.5580°.