Crash of a De Havilland DH.9J in Coventry: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 9, 1929
Registration:
G-EBOQ
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coventry - Coventry
MSN:
282
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Sole on board, the pilot was completing a local training flight out from Coventry Airport. On approach, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in Whitley Abbey, north of the airfield. The pilot was seriously injured and died from his injuries 18 days later, on July 27.