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Crash of an Avro 504K off Weymouth: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 29, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-EBLA
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
R/LE/18615
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Brooklands on a plaisance flight, carrying one passenger and one pilot. En route, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in the sea off Weymouth, Dorset. The passenger was rescued and the pilot was killed.