Farnborough - Farnborough

On June 30, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Farnborough - Farnborough experienced a crash involving Avro 504, operated by National Aviation Day, with the event recorded near Farnborough Hampshire.

The flight was categorized as demonstration 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 technical failure. The pilot, sole on board, departed Farnborough on a local demo flight. At the time of the accident, about 3,000 spectators were at the airport. While cruising north of the airfield, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in Cove. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was seriously injured. He died the next of injuries sustained.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ACRS, MSN K1802.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.2870°, -0.7535°.