ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209352
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| Date: | Friday 25 April 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 504N |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College Cranwell |
| Registration: | K1242(?) |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Cranwell, Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 504N, K1242(?), RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (destroyed) 25/4/30 when lost control, aircraft stalled and spun into the ground at RAF Cranwell, Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Both crew killed:
Sgt William Henry Fearn (328556) RAF killed
AC.1 Leslie Edward Charlton (aged 20) RAF killed
According to a contemporary report in "The Aeroplane" (May 1930):
"At the inquest at Cranwell on April 26, Flying Officer J. Mutch said that Sergeant Fearn was an experienced pilot. He was making a test flight in a machine he had flown for about two years. AC.2 H.T. Tring said that he saw the machine in the air flying quite normally and apparently about to make a landing. When it got to within 50 feet of the ground it suddenly shot upwards and black smoke came from underneath it. Just as it began to go up it stalled, the nose came down and it went into a short spin. The Coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence."
NOTE: Serial K1242 is not confirmed as being the aircraft involved in this accident. However, K1242 was delivered to the RAF College at Cranwell 22 July 1930, served only with this unit, and was struck off charge as "components" at an unknown date; these components being delivered to RAF Halton for instructional use with the School of Technical Training
Sources:
1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J .Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p 119)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17427-RAF-Fatalities-1930
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs
5. Londonderry Sentinel, Londonderry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland (26 April 1930) at https://search.findmypast.ie/search/irish-newspapers?firstname=william&lastname=fearn&exactnames=true&exactkeywords=false&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2018 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-Oct-2019 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2023 21:31 | Nepa | Updated [[Registration, Source, Narrative]] |
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