Cowes - Isle of Grain

On March 15, 1922 at 12:30 PM, Cowes - Isle of Grain experienced a crash involving Vickers Valentia, operated by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, with the event recorded near Hastings East Sussex.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The seaplane departed Cowes, Isle of Wight, on a delivery flight to the Isle of Grain, carrying three crew members. En route, the aircraft crashed in the sea off St Leonards-on-Sea, near Hastings. All three crew members were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N125, MSN 02, year of manufacture 1921.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.8551°, 0.5822°.