On 8th September 1917 this aircraft badly damaged it's wings in an accident at Redcar. Nothing more is known about the incident.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Curtiss JN4 8847 was built by Curtiss in Toronto, Canada and shipped to the UK arriving at AAP Hendon on 7th June 1916 and was assembled, tested and accepted on 15th June 1916. It was then issued to RNAS Cranwell on 15th July 1916 but was transferred
three days later to RNAS Redcar on 18th July 1916. It suffered a flying accident in July 1917 but was repaired and returned to service prior to this accident in September 1917. Following this accident it was initially deemed repairable but there is however no record of a repair ever being carried out and following the surveyors visit to RNAS Redcar on 7th December 1917 it was deleted from stock on 14th December 1917.