Last updated: 23 October 2020
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 April 1931 |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II |
| Operator: | Imperial Airways |
| Registration: | G-AACH |
| C/n / msn: | AW.362 |
| First flight: | 1928 |
| Engines: | 3 Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IVA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | London-Croydon Airport ( United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | London-Croydon Airport (-/-), United Kingdom |
| London-Croydon Airport (-/-), United Kingdom |
Argosy II "City of Edinburgh" crashed and burnt out during a training flight.
The starboard (no.3) engine quit and the aircraft hit the airport perimeter fence. A fire broke out but the pilot was able to jump to safety.
Sources:
» British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999 / Compiled by Michael Austen - Air Britain (Historians) Ltd 1999 (ISBN 0 85130 281 5)» World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
» Piloot & Vliegtuig maart 2017
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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.
