Vickers Viking (Serie I/II/III & IV) crash, Dec 18, 1919 (1 killed)
Vickers Viking (Serie I/II/III & IV) accident on December 18, 1919 near Cottévrard Seine-Maritime, France with 1 fatality. Cause: Crashed in fog near...
- Date: December 18, 1919
- Aircraft: Vickers Viking (Serie I/II/III & IV)
- Location: Cottévrard Seine-Maritime, France
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Crashed in fog near Rouen while flying the new Vickers Viking to Paris.
Pilot John Alcock was flying the new Vickers Viking amphibious aircraft to the first post war aeronautical exhibition in Paris. He flew into fog and crashed at Cottevrard, near Rouen in Normandy. He died of his injuries the following day in a Rouen hospital.