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Crash of a De Havilland DH.6 in Stanford Rivers

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAWD
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stag Lane - Stag Lane
MSN:
649
YOM:
1921
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a training sortie out from Stag Lane. En route, he lost his bearings and elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a prairie. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.