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Crash of a Central Centaur IIA in Northolt

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAPC
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
102
YOM:
1920
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Northolt on a local joyride, carrying five passengers and one pilot. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located southeast of the airport. A passenger was seriously injured while all five other occupants were killed. The only survivor died from his injuries two days later.
Crew;
Lt Frederick Benjamin Goodwin Castleman.
Passengers:
Ellen Rowland,
George Rowland,
Imelda Mary Trafford,
Gladys Sybil Wilkinson,
Mary E. Wilkinson.