Crash of a Spartan Three Seater II in Farnborough: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 7, 1936
Registration:
G-ABZI
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Farnborough – Lympne
MSN:
104
YOM:
1932
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Farnborough Airport, at a height of about 100 feet, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed on the RAF cookhouse. The passenger was injured and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
Simon Howard Gilliat, pilot, †
Passenger.
John Gilliat.
Crew:
Simon Howard Gilliat, pilot, †
Passenger.
John Gilliat.
Probable cause:
The post mortem suggested the accident was due to pilot error.
