Thornaby - Thornaby

On February 23, 1936 at 12:00 AM, Thornaby - Thornaby experienced a crash involving Avro 504, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near United Kingdom All United Kingdom.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. In flight, the pilot lost his orientation in foggy conditions and was unable to localize the Thornaby Airfield. He attempted to make an emergency landing but the single engine aircraft hit the ground and came to rest upside down in an open field located somewhere in North Yorkshire (the exact location is unknown). The pilot William Vernon Lewis Spendlove (from the 608th Squadron based in RAF Thornaby) was uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration K1044.