Date & Time:
May 6, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
K7159
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Saltby - Saltby
MSN:
8112
YOM:
1937
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was performing a local night solo training flight at RAF Saltby. On approach, the pilot failed to line up on the flare path for a second circuit. Doing so, the airplane lost height, hit a tree and crashed in Croxton Kerrial, 4 km northwest of the airbase. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Thomas Bryant.
Crew:
Sgt William Thomas Bryant.
Probable cause:
The pilot was inexperience and had only one hour on type at night and nine hours on type in total.
