Croydon - Croydon

On April 2, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Croydon - Croydon experienced a crash involving Avro 594 Avian, operated by Charles Maurice Brown, with the event recorded near Croydon Surrey.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while in initial climb, the single engine airplane stalled and crashed in Carshalton. The pilot Charles Maurice Brown and the passenger F/O Ernest Frederick Smith were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBZD, MSN 161, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3734°, -0.1020°.