G-ALFJ

On March 8, 1949 at 12:00 AM, G-ALFJ experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Private British, with the event recorded near Croydon Surrey.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft suffered an engine failure, stalled and crashed onto a hangar. The pilot was rescued and unhurt and luckily, no one was injured in the hangar. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ALFJ.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3734°, -0.1020°.