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Aircraft
Crashes Record Office
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Bureau d'Archives
des Accidents Aéronautiques
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Accident description
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Date & Time
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27AUG1923
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Type of Aircraft
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Operator
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Registration
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F-AECB
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Location
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East Malling
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Flight number
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Schedule
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London - Paris
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Construction number
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4
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Year of manufacture
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1922
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Crew on board
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2
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Pax on board
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11
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Crew fatalities
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0
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Pax fatalities
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1
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Other fatalities
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0
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Total fatalities
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1
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Circumstances |
Few minutes after take off from London Airport, bound for Paris, aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field in East Malling, Kent. One passenger was killed as all other occupants were injured. |
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Causes
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An engine failed few minutes after take off. |