- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 24, 1921 |
Time: | 1740 |
Location: | River Humber, England |
Operator: | Military - Royal Airship Works |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Royal Airship Works ZR-2 (airship) |
Registration: | R-38 |
cn / ln: | R-38 |
Aboard: | 49 (passengers:0 crew:49) |
Fatalities: | 43 (passengers:0 crew:43) |
Ground: | 1 |
Summary: | Crashed due to structural failure followed by two explosions and a fire. Attributed to faulty design. This was a test flight before being handed over to the navy. Thirty-two British and 17 Americans were on board, and the survivors were 5 British and 1 American. The fatalities included the designer, Charles Campbell, who had copied a captured German design intended for high-altitude flight, therefore the skeleton was a bit weaker than some. The pilot overstressed it by attempting a turn at 62 mph at low altitude. |
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