ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27091
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| Date: | Sunday 27 April 1930 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Commercial Aviation Company |
| Registration: | VH-UJW |
| MSN: | 837 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Johnburgh, 23 miles North of Orroroo, Flinders Rage, SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Parafield Airport, Parafield, Adelaide, South Australia (YPPF) |
| Alice Springs Airport, Alice Springs, SA (ASP/YBAS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 837: DH.60G [Gipsy I] Moth sold to DH Australia without C of A; erected and test flown by Commercial Aviation Co, Parafield 5.1.29. Registered as G-AUJW [C of R 258] 25.1.29 to Commercial Aviation Co, Parafield; later renamed MacRobertson Miller Aviation Co. Sold 21.9.29 and re-registered 8.10.29 to R J Carter, Millicent, South Australia.
Re-registered as VH-UJW 31.3.29. Crashed near Johnburgh, 23 miles north of Orroroo, Flinders Range, South Australia 27.4.30; Pilot lost his orientation due to fog. En route, aircraft went into a valley and hit a mountain slope. As reported in a contemporary newspaper (News (Adelaide, SA) Monday 28 April 1930 Page 1 - see link #1)
"AEROPLANE DISABLED NEAR ORROROO
Slight Injuries to Pilot and Passenger
Dr. C. C. Jungfer, of Tweedvale, and Pilot J. Jukes suffered minor injuries when an aeroplane in which they were travelling crashed near Orroroo yesterday.
The former was on his way to attend a woman seriously ill at Alice Springs. Dr. Jungfer received an urgent summons from Alice Springs, where Mrs. Eileen Kilgariff, wife of Mr. Joseph Kilgariff, of Alice Springs, was in a critical condition suffering from blood poisoning.
On its mission of mercy, the aeroplane, flown by Pilot J. Jukes, and with Dr. C.C. Jungfer as passenger, left Parafield at dawn yesterday. The machine encountered a dense fog. Flying blind, it crashed into the side of a hill 23 miles north of Orroroo. It was badly damaged, but the passengers escaped with -minor injuries and severe shaking.
Another aeroplane was engaged, and an appeal was made by wireless for a doctor and a pilot to take the places of Dr. Junafer and Pilot Jukes.
This was promptly answered by Dr. W. J. R. Mabin, of Hawker, and Capt. Jaques. The machine left for Alice Springs early this morning by way of Marree and Godnadatta. It is expected at Alice Springs at. 3 o'clock this afternoon".
Johnburgh is a former town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern side of the Flinders Ranges about 275 kilometres (171 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) north-east of the municipal seat of Orroroo
NOTE: AS the above newspaper report confirms, the two persons onboard were injured, but survived the accident. There were NO fatalities involved in this incident, despite claims in some published sources.
=Subsequent History=
Repossessed 28.8.31 by H.C. Miller/Commercial Aviation Company and registration cancelled 26.10.31. Re-registered 15.12.31 to Commercial Aviation Co, Parafield, South Australia.
Re-registered 6.5.32 to Mrs D.E. Carter, Parafield [wife of R.J. Carter]. Sold 8.6.35 and registered 21.6.35 to A.G. Bond, t/a Bond's Airways Ltd, Parafield. Sold 14.5.37 and registered 8.6.37 to Royal Victorian Aero Club, Essendon, Victoria. Sold 10.12.37 and registered 27.1.38 to R.H. Hamblen, Ganmain, NSW.
Sold 30.5.38 to Victorian & Interstate Airways Ltd, Essendon. Re-registered 6.6.38 to Ansett Airways Ltd, Essendon. Re-registered 23.6.39 to Royal Victorian Aero Club, Essendon. Badly damaged in a crash at Sunshine, Victoria 29.4.40 after a map case jammed the controls.
Registration cancelled as impressed for spares 22.7.40, no serial allotted and used for spares
Sources:
1. News (Adelaide, SA) Monday 28 April 1930 Page 1: AEROPLANE DISABLED NEAR ORROROO: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128984015
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
3. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJnLWF1anciXQ==
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/G-AUJW.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
7. https://www.ahsa.org.au/wp/archives/this-day-in-history/1930-04-27
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orroroo,_South_Australia
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Feb-2014 03:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2017 18:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2019 12:19 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Jun-2022 22:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Dec-2023 20:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 27-Dec-2023 13:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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