Old Sarum - Old Sarum

On February 12, 1926 at 12:00 AM, Old Sarum - Old Sarum experienced a crash involving Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial, operated by Royal Engineers Experimental Station, with the event recorded near Porton Down Wiltshire.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Old Sarum Airfield on an exercise with this aircraft that was equipped for smoke screen work. En route, the crew encountered limited visibility due to foggy conditions and attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft clipped trees and crashed. A crew member was killed and two others were injured. Crew: S/L Alfred George Horsley-Carr, † Sgt William Norman Pink, AC2 Clifford Bartlett Cardall.

Aircraft reference details include registration J7451.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.1165°, -1.6951°.