Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth off Barmouth: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 30, 1933
Registration:
G-AAGS
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Sywell - Sywell
MSN:
1042
YOM:
1929
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a joyride out from Sywell. While flying over the beach in Barmouth at a very low height, the airplane struck two people standing on the beach and watching a regatta. One of them was killed and the second was seriously injured. The aircraft then lost height and crashed into the Mawddach estuary. The pilot was injured.
