Paris – Croydon

On May 13, 1921 at 12:00 AM, Paris – Croydon experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.18, operated by Instone Air Line, with the event recorded near Argueil Seine-Maritime.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot was attempting to make a forced landing and the aircraft ended up on its back, completely wrecked near the edge of a large field 1,5 km north of Argueil. Marks on the ground and the nature of the country indicate that the pilot stalled the machine in attempting to land across a sunken road with insufficient flying speed. The pilot stated that his left wing dropped and he could not get it up again. From marks on the ground, the wing had apparently not touched the ground until the undercarriage collapsed, after which the machine turned over onto its back. The pilot was Captain H. W. Chataway.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EAUF, MSN 3, year of manufacture 1920.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.5422°, 1.5144°.