Crash of an Avro 594 Avian III in Croydon: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 2, 1931
Registration:
G-EBZD
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Croydon - Croydon
MSN:
161
YOM:
1928
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while in initial climb, the single engine airplane stalled and crashed in Carshalton. The pilot Charles Maurice Brown and the passenger F/O Ernest Frederick Smith were killed.
