Handley Page Type G at Northallerton.

On Thursday, 30th July 1914 as part of Northallerton Carnival that was held on the Friarage Fields area of the town a pilot was employed to bring an aeroplane and to make exhibition flights and to take (paying) passengers up for short flights. He made two flights without incident. During the third flight on coming into land the aeroplane's engine failed and was then seen to lose height and the propeller struck a hedge causing it to crash in the field beyond. It came to rest with the nose damaged both pilot and passenger left hanging by their straps. The pilot broke his nose while the passenger escaped injury. Some reports state it overturned but given the photograph shown above depicts the damaged aeroplane and it's upper wing and top propeller blade appear intact this seems unlikely.

The pilot had taken delivery of this aeroplane on behalf of the Northern Aircraft Company as new from the manufacturers on 29th April 1914. Following this accident it was transported to Hendon where it was repaired but was soon requisitioned by the RNAS.

Pilot - Mr William Rowland Ding. Broken nose.

Passenger - Mr Louis Prest.