page_title: De Havilland Express
section_title: Other accidents and incidents
hierarchical_section_title: De Havilland Express / Other accidents and incidents
caption_attribution_description: English: Wreckage of Qantas DH.86 VH-USG displayed in the Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach (Qld.).
context_page_description: The de Havilland Express, also known as the de Havilland D.H.86, was a four-engined passenger aircraft manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company between 1934 and 1937.
context_section_description: On 12 August 1936 G-ADEB of British Airways crashed near Altenkirchen, Germany.
  On 15 September 1936 G-ADYF of British Airways crashed during a night take off from Gatwick Airport, England.
  On the night of 15/16 March 1937 G-ACVZ Jupiter of Railway Air Services crashed at Elsdorf near Cologne, Germany.
  On 9 May 1938, G-AENR of Isle of Man Air Services crashed on landing at Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man. The aircraft was operating a mail flight from Speke Airport, Liverpool, Lancashire. Despite substantial damage to the port lower wing and both port engines, the aircraft was repaired and returned to service.
  On 14 September 1938, G-ADVK of Isle of Man Air Services lost the starboard inner propeller in flight whilst operating a flight from Speke to Ronaldsway. The propeller embedded itself in the fuselage of the aircraft. A successful landing was made at Ronaldsway.
  4 November 1938: DH.86 G-ACZN "St. Catherine's Bay" crashed at St. Peter's shortly after take-off from Jersey airport, en route to Southampton. All 13 occupants were killed in addition to one person on the ground.
caption: Remains of Qantas D.H.86 VH-USG (c/n 2311) displayed in the Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach (Qld.). This is all that remains of the sixty-two D.H.86 aircraft that were built.
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