Croydon | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

En route from Londonderry to Croydon, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog. While flying too low, the airplane impacted a knoll and crashed in a pasture. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants Irwin Napier Colin Clarke (pilot) and Ernest Victor Barton were killed.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth in Heston

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1932

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth

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Registration:

G-AAYK

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Positioning

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Croydon - Heston

MSN:

2034

YOM:

1930

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The pilot was completing a positioning flight from Croydon to Heston. Upon landing, the airplane veered off runway and came to rest. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Simmonds Spartan in Croydon: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Simmonds Spartan

Operator:

Charles Richard Vernon Pugh

Registration:

G-AAML

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Hanworth – Croydon

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1929

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On final approach to Croydon, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a wooded area. The pilot and owner Charles Richard Vernon Pugh was injured while his fiancee aged 24 was killed.

Probable cause:

Failure of the elevator control system that got disconnected.

Crash of an Avro 594 Avian IV in Cambridge: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Avro 594 Avian

Operator:

ADC Aircraft

Registration:

G-AAHJ

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Private

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Cambridge – Croydon

MSN:

316

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1931

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After takeoff from Cambridge Airport, the pilot initiated aerobatics manoeuvres when a wing broke in flight. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. The pilot Kenneth George Murray was killed.

Crash of a Farman F.60 Goliath in Marden

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Farman F.60 Goliath

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F-ADDT

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Paris – Croydon

MSN:

228

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1920

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Shortly after takeoff from Marden, the airplane went out of control and crashed in an open field located in Widehurst Farm. Both crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.154 Argosy in Croydon

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.154 Argosy

Operator:

Registration:

G-AACH

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Croydon - Croydon

MSN:

AW.362

YOM:

1928

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The crew was engaged in a local training flight out from Croydon Airport. Shortly after liftoff, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Both crew were injured and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Probable cause:

The accident was caused by the failure of the right engine (n°3).

Crash of an Avro 594 Avian III in Croydon: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 2, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Avro 594 Avian

Operator:

Charles Maurice Brown

Registration:

G-EBZD

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Private

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Croydon - Croydon

MSN:

161

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1928

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Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while in initial climb, the single engine airplane stalled and crashed in Carshalton. The pilot Charles Maurice Brown and the passenger F/O Ernest Frederick Smith were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth into The Channel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1931

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

Operator:

George D. Mallinson

Registration:

G-AACL

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Delivery

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Paris - Croydon - Brooklands

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887

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1929

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The aircraft was owned by the British citizen George D. Mallinson and piloted by Charles Job who arrived in Paris on 28FEB1931 to take delivery of the aircraft. While cruising over The Channel in a snowstorm, the aircraft disappeared. No trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was ever found. It should be transferred to Brooklands via Croydon.

Crash of an Avro 504K in Brixton

Date & Time: Feb 2, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Avro 504

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G-EBYE

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Brooklands – Croydon

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The pilot Richard Lush and the passenger Stanley Rodwell, a photographer, were involved in aerial filming of a feature film called 'The Flying Fool'. In unknown circumstances, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in the garden of a house located in Brixton. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.