Helsinki – Jyväskylä

On May 2, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Helsinki – Jyväskylä experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.86 Express, operated by Finnish Government, with the event recorded near Helsinki-Malmi Uusimaa.

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

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot, sole aboard, was performing a positioning flight from Malmi Airport to Tikkakoski Airport in Jyväskylä. During the take off run, in unclear circumstances, the four engine aircraft collided with a Finnish Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat) Brewster 239 BW-394. Both aircraft were damaged beyond repair while the pilot was injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration OH-IPA, MSN 2353, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.2521°, 25.0437°.