Whitchurch – Hamble

On September 20, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Whitchurch – Hamble experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.60 Moth, operated by Hampshire Aeroplane Club, with the event recorded near Penzance Cornwall.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot, sole on board, departed Whitchurch on a flight to Hamble. Heading to the south, the airplane went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Penzance. SAR operations failed to find any trace of the aircraft and the pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AAJR, MSN 1050, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.1195°, -5.5352°.