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Crash of an Avro 504N in Blackpool: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1935
Type of aircraft:
Avro 504
Operator:
National Aviation Displays
Registration:
G-ACOD
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
MSN:
F8713
YOM:
1934
Location:
Blackpool
Lancashire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Stanley Park in Blackpool for a local flight with two passengers and a pilot on board. While flying over the city of Blackpool, it collided with a Westland Wessex registered G-ADFZ. Operated by the Trafalgar Advertising Company, the second aircraft was carrying four passengers and one pilot. After the collision, the Avro dove dove into the ground and crashed in Swainson Street, in Cedar Square, bursting into flames. The pilot of the Westland was able to make an emergency landing. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Hugh William Patrick Stewart.
Passengers:
Doris Barnes,
Lillian Barnes.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P. 30 in Luqa

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.30
Operator:
National Aviation Displays
Registration:
G-EBMR
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Positioning
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Luqa - Hal Far
MSN:
W.10/2
YOM:
1926
Location:
Luqa
Malta
Country:
Malta
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Luqa Airport on a short positioning flight to the near airport of Hal Far. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane stalled and crashed. All three crew members were injured.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.30 in Aston Clinton: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.30
Operator:
National Aviation Displays
Registration:
G-EBMM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Refuelling
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Portsmouth – Heston – Coventry
MSN:
W.10/1
YOM:
1926
Location:
Aston Clinton
Buckinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft was being used as a tanker (it had extra fuel stored in the rear cabin) and was returning from Portsmouth to Coventry after a mid-air refueling mission of an Airspeed Courier aircraft being used by Cobham for a long distant flight to India. Shortly after takeoff from Heston Aerodrome, while climbing, the aircraft named 'Youth of New Zealand' crashed in a field, killing all four crew members (one pilot, two mechanics and one aeronautical apprentice).
Probable cause:
The Inspector of Accidents concluded that the probable cause was a fracture of a main bolt that secured the bracing wires of the front spar to the tail. The failure of the bolt would cause a loss of control, failure of the bolt was probably fatigue. The aircraft had been involved in an early accident when the tail had been swapped with one from another aircraft, but after 50 hours of flying since the repair, it was not thought that the bolt had been disturbed.
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