Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Beaconsfield

Date & Time: May 10, 1930
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAPE
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hanworth - Hanworth
MSN:
1168
YOM:
1930
Location:
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Hanworth for a local training mission. En route, in unknown circumstances, the single engine airplane crashed in Beaconsfield. Both crew members were injured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Hampton: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 6, 1930
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAPN
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hanworth - Hanworth
MSN:
1200
YOM:
1930
Location:
Hampton
Middlesex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed Hanworth on a local test flight. En route, he lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in the garden of a house located in Acacia Road in Hampton. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott was killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Sheffield

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1930
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAPB
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hanworth – Sheffield
MSN:
1165
YOM:
1930
Location:
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While approaching Sheffield on a flight from Hanworth, the single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.

Crash of a Simmonds Spartan in Hamble

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Simmonds Spartan
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAME
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Positioning
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Hamble – Hanworth
MSN:
26
YOM:
1929
Location:
Hamble
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed shortly after takeoff for unknown reasons. The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Simmonds Spartan in Hanworth: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Simmonds Spartan
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAMC
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Hanworth - Hanworth
MSN:
20
YOM:
1929
Location:
Hanworth
London Metropolis
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training flight out from Hanworth Airfield. While making aerobatic manoeuvres, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field. The pilot was killed.
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