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Crash of a De Havilland DH.104 Dove 2B in Camden: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 1, 1954 at 1200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
VH-DHD
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Camden - Camden
MSN:
04400
YOM:
1953
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight to be familiarized on this aircraft that was registered on the Australian registry two days earlier. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane crashed in a field and was destroyed. A pilot was killed while two other occupants were injured.
Crew:
Cpt T. H. Dalton, pilot,
Reginald C. Adsett, examiner, †
R. H. Jarvis, assistant to Mr. Adsett.
Crew:
Cpt T. H. Dalton, pilot,
Reginald C. Adsett, examiner, †
R. H. Jarvis, assistant to Mr. Adsett.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth in Carolina: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 4, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
ZS-AEP
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lourenço Marques – Germiston
MSN:
7020
YOM:
1934
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route from Lourenço Marques to Germiston, the single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Carolina. Both occupants were killed.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 Moth in Castle Bromwich
Date & Time:
Feb 5, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
G-EBLV
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
188
YOM:
1925
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances. Both occupants were unhurt and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was eventually restored in September 1951.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Stag Lane: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 28, 1932
Operator:
Registration:
ZS-ACY
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stag Lane - Stag Lane
MSN:
1895
YOM:
1932
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 local test flight out from Stag Lane. The goal of the mission was a pre-delivery control flight of the airplane. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed. The test pilot Jack Edgar Tyler was killed.
Probable cause:
The aircraft broke up in flight due to wing locking bolt disconnected.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.9J in Hendon
Date & Time:
Aug 9, 1931
Operator:
Registration:
G-AASC
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hendon - Hendon
MSN:
704
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Hendon Airport when the airplane crashed upon landing. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Stag Lane: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 29, 1929
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAKL
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stag Lane - Stag Lane
MSN:
1129
YOM:
1929
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Stag Lane on a local flight with one passenger and one pilot on board. While flying in the vicinity of the aerodrome, the aircraft was apparently hit from beneath by a second De Havilland DH.60G Moth. Registered G-AAJU, the second Moth was operated by George Frederick Boyle and was also completing a local sortie out from Stag Lane Airfield with one pilot on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in Kingsbury, southwest of Stag Lane Aerodrome. All three occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Radlett: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 18, 1929
Operator:
Registration:
G-EBZS
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stag Lane - Stag Lane
MSN:
684
YOM:
1928
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot P. D. Bennett was completing a local training flight out from Stag Lane Airport. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances in Radlett, killing the pilot, sole on board.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 in East Grinstead
Date & Time:
Jan 26, 1929
Operator:
Registration:
G-EBQY
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stag Lane - Stag Lane
MSN:
376
YOM:
1927
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot Arthur Leonard Monger departed Stag Lane on a local solo training flight. En route, the engine failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a frozen pond. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was slightly injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in the Atlantic Ocean: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 18, 1928
Operator:
Registration:
G-EBWV
Survivors:
No
MSN:
566
YOM:
1928
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, Lt Henry C. MacDonald, was engaged in a nonstop transatlantic solo flight from Newfoundland to England. He departed St Johns in the afternoon of 17 October 1928. Some 7,5 hours later, the single engine aircraft was spotted by the crew of the ship named 'Hardenberg' some 600 miles off the Canadian coast. This was the last contact with the aircraft that disappeared in the ocean. No trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was ever found.
