London-Gatwick - London-Gatwick

On January 4, 1952 at 12:00 AM, London-Gatwick - London-Gatwick experienced a crash involving Avro 19, operated by British Government, with the event recorded near Petersfield Hampshire.

The flight was categorized as calibration and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

Owned by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the twin engine aircraft was involved in a calibration flight on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority and was carrying two inspectors from the CAA and two crew members. They were performing a calibration of the ILS system at Gatwick Airport when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the city of Petersfield, about 33 miles southwest of Gatwick. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGZS, MSN 1330, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.0025°, -0.9392°.