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| Date: | Saturday 12 December 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Heyford Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | K6898 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near York, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aldergrove, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Three of seven RAF Handley Page Heyford Mk III bomber planes crashed on their way back to the home base. Three force-landed. Only one reached the destination.
A group of seven Handley Page H.P.50 Heyford departed Belfast-Aldergrove Airport at 10:45hrs on a formation flight to RAF Finningley. Upon departure, weather conditions were excellent. After crossing the Irish Sea and flying over Barrow-in-Furness, the crew encountered clouds and severe icing conditions. Unable to maintain the altitude. The crew Heyford K6898 attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a prairie. It collided with a hedge, a fence and telegraph pole before coming to rest on its nose. All four crew members evacuated with minor injuries.
Sources:
Jenaer Volksblatt 14 December 1936
https://books.google.nl/books?id=bNeXAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA9&ots=L31a5S95yU&dq=heyford%2012%20december%201936&hl=nl&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=heyford%2012%20december%201936&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 15:00 | TB | Added |
| 04-Apr-2020 07:13 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2024 09:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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