General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

En route from Manchester-Ringway, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in an open field located in Congleton. The pilot was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar II in Croydon

Date & Time: Dec 13, 1937

Type of aircraft:

General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar

Operator:

Charles Henry Tutt

Registration:

G-ACEW

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Paris - Croydon

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Just prior to land at Croydon Airport following a cargo flight from Paris-Le Bourget, the airplane was caught by downdrafts and impacted ground. It overturned and came to rest upside down. The pilot escaped uninjured.

Probable cause:

Loss of control on short final due to strong downdrafts.

Crash of a General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar II in Croydon: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1936

Type of aircraft:

General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar

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G-ADLM

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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1935

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Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, the airplane stalled and crashed. The pilot Ellis Hill, sole on board, was killed.

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Captain F. S. Wilkins, an Air Ministry Inspector of Accidents, said he found everything about the machine in perfect order, but it was inexplicable that the two main petrol cocks were shut off, and he did not think that the impact with the ground had anything to do with it. If the pilot did become momentarily confused he might have accidentally shut off the main cocks instead of the balance cocks, which were the same row. The jury returned a verdict that the crash was due to failure of the petrol supply but that there insufficient evidence to show how it came to be cut off.

Crash of a General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar II in Godstone

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1936 at 2230 LT

Type of aircraft:

General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar

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G-ADIK

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Yes

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Plain, Valley

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Few minutes after takeoff from Croydon Airport, the pilot encountered an unexpected situation and attempted an emergency landing in a field located in Godstone. After landing, the airplane collided with trees and came to rest. The pilot, sole on board, was uninjured.

Crash of a General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar near Lidlington: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 5, 1933

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General Aircraft ST-4 Monospar

Operator:

Mary du Caurroy

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G-ACKT

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The airplane departed Woburn Abbey on a joyride with one passenger on board, Mary du Caurroy, Her Grace The Duchess of Bedford, and one pilot, F/Lt James Bernard Allen. While cruising at low height, the airplane collided with high tension cables and crashed in an open field. The passenger was slightly injured and the pilot was critically injured. He died later that day from injuries sustained.