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Crash of an Avro 616 Avian IVM in Skegness: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1933
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-ABDN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Skegness - Skegness
MSN:
423
YOM:
1930
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Skegness Aerodrome, while climbing, the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Hubert Bentinck Chantrey, pilot.
Passenger;
Vera Emily Field.

Crash of a Simmonds Spartan in Croydon: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-AAML
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hanworth – Croydon
MSN:
38
YOM:
1929
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On final approach to Croydon, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a wooded area. The pilot and owner Charles Richard Vernon Pugh was injured while his fiancee aged 24 was killed.
Probable cause:
Failure of the elevator control system that got disconnected.