ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152253
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 December 1917 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | North Sea Class Airship |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Naval Air Service |
| Registration: | N.S. 5 |
| MSN: | 5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ayton, near RNAS East Fortune, Berwickshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS East Fortune, Berwickshire |
| RNAS East Fortune, Berwickshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North Sea class blimp N.S.5 sets off for RNAS East Fortune, but both engines failed within sight of her destination, and she drifted with the wind for about 10 miles (16 km) before they could be restarted. However, since both engines continued to be troublesome it was decided to make a free balloon landing, but she was damaged beyond repair during the attempt.
The envelope wrecked on trees during forced landing at Ayton with engine trouble. Deleted 22 February 1918. Total flying time on airframe 14 hours
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_class_blimp
2. http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=18464.0
3. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060023147
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_before_1925#1917
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2013 13:33 | harro | Added |
| 13-Feb-2017 22:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2018 03:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2022 06:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
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