Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 7 November 1939 |
Type: | Handley Page HP.42W |
Operator: | Imperial Airways |
Registration: | G-AAXD |
MSN: | HP.42/6 |
First flight: | 1931-11-06 (8 years ) |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Tiverton, Devon ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Exeter Airport (EXT/EGTE), United Kingdom |
Narrative:The Handley Page HP.42W named "Horatius" was wrecked in a forced landing on Tiverton golf course. It was returning to Exeter from France when the pilot could not find Exeter due to bad weather, leading him to make a forced landing.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
» UK Civil Register
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.