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Staffordshire

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Stone

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1935
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
EI-AAW
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dublin – Liverpool – Croydon
MSN:
1849
YOM:
1931
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Dublin and a taxi flight to Croydon with an intermediate stop at Liverpool-Speke Airport, carrying one passenger and one pilot. En route to Croydon, the engine exploded and the airplane caught fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and completed a safe emergency landing in a prairie. Both occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Probable cause:
Engine explosion in flight.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth near Leek: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 23, 1934
Registration:
G-AAZN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Heston – Barton
MSN:
2043
YOM:
1930
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While flying at low altitude in foggy conditions, the aircraft hit the ground and crashed in a wheat field located in Rough Stone Farm, between the villages of Bradnop and Ipstones, Staffordshire. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.