Airspeed AS.6 Envoy crash, Oct 1, 1936 (2 killed), Aberco...
Airspeed AS.6 Envoy accident on October 1, 1936 near Abercorn Northern, Zambia with 2 fatalities. Cause: Take off from a short uphill strip after a...
- Date: October 1, 1936
- Aircraft: Airspeed AS.6 Envoy
- Location: Abercorn Northern, Zambia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Take off from a short uphill strip after a wind shift in poor visibility, with the aircraft striking trees
The Airspeed Envoy G-AENA Gabrielle, flying in the Schlesinger race from Portsmouth to Johannesburg, crashed on takeoff from Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia, on 1 October 1936. The pilot, Max Findlay, and wireless operator A. H. Morgan were killed.