AEROPLANE CRASH
INQUIRY INTO CANBERRA TRAGEDY AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT Sydney, February 13. An inquest into "the deaths of the two aviators, Flying Officer P. M. Pitt and Observer W. S. Callender, whose aeroplane crashed at Canberra, was held yesterday. Flight Lieutenant Hepburn, who was waiting for the dead aviators' at Canberra, gave evidence that the aeroplane appeared to be running right. The pilot, Captain Pitt, shut off the engine and proceeded to turn, but -the aeroplane stalled and spun to the ground from about a hundred feet. Witness was of the opinion that the crash was due to an error of judgment on the part of the pilot. Had the aeroplane stalled at a thousand feet the pilot would probably have been able to avert the accident. The Coroner returned a verdict that the deaths were caused by an error of judgment on the part of Captain Pitt.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 120, 15 February 1926, Page 7
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