G-EACW

On November 4, 1919 at 12:00 AM, G-EACW experienced a crash involving Avro 504, operated by Avro Air Transport, with the event recorded near Southport Lancashire.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) 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: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While flying over the Irish Sea on a taxi flight, the pilot encountered technical problems and elected to ditch the aircraft off Southport. All three occupants were quickly rescued by a fisherman and the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EACW, MSN E1663, year of manufacture 1919.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.6741°, -2.9274°.