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1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash

First properly investigated aviation accident

Field	Value
name	1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash
occurrence_type	Accident
image	Flanders-F4-1912.jpg
alt	Photograph of a Flanders Monoplane
caption	The Flanders F.4 Monoplane was developed from the Flanders F.3
date	13 May 1912
summary	Pilot error
aircraft_type	Flanders F.3
tail_number	n/a
origin	Brooklands Aerodrome, Surrey, United Kingdom
destination	Brooklands Aerodrome
occupants	2
passengers	1
crew	1
fatalities	2
survivors	0

The 1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash was the first aviation accident in which an investigation was made into the cause of the accident and a report subsequently published, thus marking the start of aviation accident investigation worldwide. A Flanders F.3 Monoplane crashed at Brooklands, Surrey, United Kingdom, killing the pilot and his passenger. The cause was determined to be pilot error.

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was a Flanders F.3 Monoplane. It was powered by a 60 hp Green D.4 engine.

Accident

On 13 May 1912, the aircraft took off from Brooklands Aerodrome with the pilot and a passenger on board. Two circuits of the aerodrome were flown before the aircraft was seen to side-slip, stall and crash from an altitude of 200 ft. The pilot was thrown clear, but the passenger remained in the wrecked aircraft, which caught fire. Both were killed. The aircraft had been flying in a tail-low attitude before the turn was initiated.

Investigation

The accident was investigated by the Public Safety and Accidents Investigation Committee of the Royal Aero Club. The committee had been established on 27 February 1912. The cause was determined to be pilot error. The committee published its report on 4 June 1912 and recommended that the main committee of the Royal Aero Club publish the report in extenso. Thus the first report into an aviation accident was published in Flight on 8 June,

References

"Brooklands accident". Flight.
(14 May 1912). "Aeroplane accident at Brooklands".
(16 May 1912). "The Brooklands aeroplane accident".
(8 June 2012). "100 Years of Aircraft Accident Investigation". Air Accidents Investigation Branch.

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