K6283
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- February 17, 1941Accident
While on a navigation training flight from Cranage near Holmes Chapel the pilot encountered cloud. He attempted to fly out of the cloud but the weather conditions were rapidly decreasing, the pilot found a gap in the cloud which he followed. On exiting the cloud he was confronted by rising ground and no room to manoeuvre and the aircraft struck the ground. At the time of the accident the wireless operator was changing over to regional control from the local frequency for Cranage so the wireless