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Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in New Paris: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1920
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
65
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Chicago – Cleveland
Location:
New Paris
Indiana
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
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 mail flight. En route, weather conditions worsened and visibility was poor due to fog. The pilot reduced his altitude in an attempt to maintain a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft contacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot C. W. Stoner was killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in Nacozari de García

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1920
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Nacozari de García
Sonora
Country:
Mexico
Region:
Central America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The engine failed in flight, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and the pilot was uninjured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 near Fort Sill AFB

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1920
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
SC-23961
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Fort Sill-Henry Post Field AFB
Oklahoma
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in the Fort Sill Reserve, some five km southwest of the airbase. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in Newark

Date & Time: Jan 19, 1920
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
203
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Newark
New Jersey
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot undershot the field and the aircraft nosed over.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in Weikert

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1920
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
108
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Site:
Mountains
Location:
Weikert
Pennsylvania
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While flying over mountainous terrain, the engine failed. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. Crew fate unknown.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4A in Caterham: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAHF
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Paris-Le Bourget - Hounslow Heath
MSN:
F2699
YOM:
1919
Location:
Caterham
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget in the morning bound to Hounslow Heath, near Heathrow, London. While approaching the airport of Kenley, south of Croydon, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field. While the passenger was killed, the pilot was seriously injured. Two days later, he died from his injuries. The passenger was returning to London following a meeting with the French Prime Minister Georges Clémenceau in Paris.
Crew:
Lt Stanley Blackall Bradley, pilot.
Passenger:
George Franklin Rand, President of the Marine Trust Company in Buffalo, New York.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined. However, it is believed that the pilot was either trying to land at Kenley or was trying to pinpoint his position.
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