Biggleswade - Audley End

On June 30, 1991 at 01:26 PM, Biggleswade - Audley End experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Paul A. %26 Andrew Wood, with the event recorded near Audley End Essex.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot, sole on board, departed Biggleswade bound for Audley End to take part to an airshow. On completion of the fourth turn, which was wider than previous turns, the aircraft rolled out on a westerly heading and rpm on both fixed-pitch propellers was reduced to around idle. The aircraft decelerated in straight and level flight with the flaps lowered and in a progressively more nose-up attitude. At low airspeed, mid-way along the display axis, the aircraft rolled to starboard and entered a spin to the right from a height of between 400 and 500 feet. It crashed approximately 300 metres north of the display axis and behind a line of trees which obscured spectator's view of the impact. The pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHGD, MSN 6862, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.0045°, 0.2072°.