Crash of an Avro 652 Anson XI in Hamble

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1954
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PH808
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hamble - Hamble
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Hamble. Apparently following a wrong approach configuration, the crew landed long. As the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, it overran and came to rest on a railway. Both pilots were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson off Brixham

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VV899
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hamble - Hamble
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While completing a training sortie from RAF Hamble, the crew encountered an engine failure in flight and decided to ditch the aircraft few miles off Brixham, Devon. While both crew members were rescued, the aircraft sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Nursling: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAWS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hamble - HAmble
MSN:
1239
YOM:
1930
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Hamble on a local training flight, carrying one cadet and one instructor. En route, the airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a pasture in Nursling, northwest of Southampton. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed. The cadet was making his first flight as a pupil of the Hampshire Aeroplane Club which he had joined in the morning.
Crew:
Alan Cecil Buchan,
Clive Nuttall.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9J in Hamble

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AARS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hamble - Hamble
MSN:
398
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot departed Hamble Airport on a local solo training flight. En route, he encountered an unexpected situation and decided to bail out. The airplane crashed and was destroyed. The pilot was uninjured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.84 Dragon in Hamble

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-ACJM
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hatfield – Manchester
MSN:
6049
YOM:
1933
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Hatfield on a flight to Manchester. As weather conditions worsened, the pilot diverted to Hamble to check weather. On final approach, the airplane was too low and impacted a hedge with its undercarriage. It nosed down and crashed, coming to rest upside down. Both occupants were injured, the passenger seriously.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth off Netley: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAYS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hamble - Hamble
MSN:
1232
YOM:
1930
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Hamble on a local training flight. En route, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Southampton Water off Netley. A crew member was seriously injured and the second occupant was killed. The only survivor died from his injuries the following day.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth in Devil's Jump: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 27, 1932 at 1745 LT
Registration:
G-ABDH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Heston – Hamble
MSN:
2081
YOM:
1930
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Heston to Hamble, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and turbulences. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in Devil's Jump, near Hindhead. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Bruce Bossom, pilot.
Passengers:
Emily Bossom (pilot's mother),
Count Otto Zierbach-Fürsteneau (aka Prince Otto Erbach).
Probable cause:
The aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed out of control. A wing detached and was later recovered in Thursley. This could suggest the aircraft encountered turbulences and unfavorable conditions that caused the loss of control.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth off Penzance: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAJR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Whitchurch – Hamble
MSN:
1050
YOM:
1929
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed Whitchurch on a flight to Hamble. Heading to the south, the airplane went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Penzance. SAR operations failed to find any trace of the aircraft and the pilot.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Detling: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1930 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-EBUR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Detling - Hamble
MSN:
446
YOM:
1927
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The pilot/owner S. E. H. Spencer was accompanied by Miss Grace and on the day of the accident, the two people had arrived at Detling at 1300LT from Hamble, Hampshire. After a lunch break, Miss Grace suggested that the pilot should carry out some aerobatics before proceeding on the return journey. They took off in a normal manner and climbed to 300 feet whilst circling the landing ground, and then Spencer executed a half-roll to port. This manoeuvre was followed, as soon as the Moth had recovered from the loss of height, by a loop which was made with a very low margin of speed and from which the machine leveled out at only 50 feet above the ground. It then assumed a slightly climbing attitude, rolled, and nose dived straight into the ground. Witnesses said that the engine was shut off when the Moth completed the first half of the loop, and was not heard to accelerate again. Examination of the charred wreckage didn't reveal any obvious defects in the airframe or engine, and it was apparent that it had crashed in a stalled condition. The petrol tank came into violent contact with the engine on impact and was crushed before igniting, hence the fierceness of the fire.
Probable cause:
The investigators' conclusion was that G-EBUR had crashed due to an error of judgement on the part of the pilot which caused the aircraft to stall on completing a loop at extremely low altitude.

Crash of a Simmonds Spartan in Leicester

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAMG
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hamble – Leicester
MSN:
34
YOM:
1929
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach to Leicester Airport, at a height of 1,000 feet, a propeller blade broke off. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Propeller blade failure.