Brooklands – Hendon

On November 8, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Brooklands – Hendon experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.60 Moth, operated by Brooklands School of Flying, with the event recorded near Hendon Middlesex.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Brooklands on a training flight to Hendon. On final approach, the aircraft apparently collided with a windsock and crashed. Edward Arnold 'Ted' Jones, Chief Flying Instructor of Brooklands School of Flying was killed and the passenger, F/Lt William Evelyn Patrick Johnson was injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AAVU, MSN 1485, year of manufacture 1930.