Crash of a Sopwith Gnu in Horley
Date & Time:
Mar 2, 1926 at 1135 LT
Registration:
G-EADB
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
WO 2976/1
YOM:
1919
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Brooklands for a test flight, carrying two crew members and one passenger. Over the area of Horley, Surrey, while completing a turn to the right, the pilot lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed in an open field. All three occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
