De Havilland DH.86 Express crash, Nov 4, 1938 (14 killed)
De Havilland DH.86 Express accident on November 4, 1938 near Jersey Channel Islands, United Kingdom with 14 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error: the pilot...
- Date: November 4, 1938
- Aircraft: De Havilland DH.86 Express
- Location: Jersey Channel Islands, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot error: the pilot made a climbing turn into cloud and the aircraft sideslipped while still too low to recover.
Jersey Airways DH 86 Express G-ACZN crashed about 500 yards from Jersey Airport shortly after takeoff on a flight to Southampton. All 13 people on board and a farm worker on the ground were killed.