Crash of a De Havilland DH.4M Gipsy Moth off Grosse Ile: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 26, 1929
Registration:
NC894E
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Grosse Ile - Grosse Ile
MSN:
2-A
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane was completing a local training flight over the Grosse Ile area with two pilots on board. En route, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in the Detroit River. A crew member was injured while the second was killed.
