Humber, Yorkshire - At 1.50 p.m.

on 30th April, 1966, a motorist told the coxswain superintendent that a small aircraft had crashed into the sea about two miles north of Spurn. There was a gentle south-easterly wind and a smooth sea. It was high water. The life-boat City of Bradford III launched at 1.55 and proceeded to the scene of the crash. As she arrived the coastguards were helping a man up the beach. The life-boat picked up some wreckage, a jacket, life-belt, pillow and a chart, but there were no signs of any other survivors. A helicopter joined the search about 10 minutes later, but after searching for over an hour found nothing. The search was then called off, and the life-boat returned to her station at 3.50. A police officer met the life-boat and took charge of the various articles which had been salvaged..