Meggitt was attached to No. 41 Squadron RAF on 28 January 1927 to undertake flight trial of Siskin III, J7171. Flying from Northolt to Kenley, he lost control during a gale and crashed in the garden of a house at 11 Beatrice Ave, Norbury, London SW. He was removed from the aircraft unconscious but died of his injuries underway to Croydon General Hospital.
