Brooklands – Croydon

On February 2, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Brooklands – Croydon experienced a crash involving Avro 504, operated by Brooklands School of Flying, with the event recorded near Brixton London Metropolis.

The flight was categorized as cinematography and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot Richard Lush and the passenger Stanley Rodwell, a photographer, were involved in aerial filming of a feature film called 'The Flying Fool'. In unknown circumstances, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in the garden of a house located in Brixton. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBYE.