- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 04, 1938
Time: 10:50
Location: Channel Islands, Jersey
Operator: Jersey Airways
Flight #: ?
Route: Jersey - Southhampton
AC Type: de Havilland DH-86
Registration: G-ACZN
cn / ln: 2316
Aboard: 14   (passengers:13  crew:1)
Fatalities: 14   (passengers:13  crew:1)
Ground: 1
Summary: Caught fire and crashed into a field two minutes after taking off. A farm worker was crushed to death when the wreckage landed on him. The pilot allowed the plane to fall into a side-slip while climbing through a low overcast and at an insufficient altitude for him to regain contol.
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