On 18th May 1937 this aircraft lost power in the region of Thornaby airfield while the pilot was undertaking a training flight.
The pilot made a forced landing but overshot the selected field and collided with a hedge damaging the aircraft.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Hart K5812 was bbuilt to contract 410420/35 By Vickers Ltd at Weybridge and delivered to 9 FTS on 17th March 1936. Following
the accident detailed Cat.R/FA damage was recorded and it was repaired and returned to service. It was damaged again, with
Cat.W/FA damage recorded, on 8th June 1940, from that date it became an instructional airframe carrying the code 2010M.