N5066
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- September 9, 1939Accident
Following a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea, the twin engine airplane was returning to its base in Detling. In poor visibility due to fog, the aircraft ran out of fuel. The pilot attempted to ditch the aircraft off Seasalter, northern Kent. All four crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost. Crew: P/O Lane, pilot, P/O E. N. Harris, copilot, AC2 Ronald Harold Coomber, AC2 William Joseph Smith. Probable cause (official findings): Emergency landing caused by a fuel exh