ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87183
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 September 1928 |
| Time: | early |
| Type: | de Havilland DH 50J |
| Owner/operator: | Qantas |
| Registration: | G-AUHI |
| MSN: | 5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Golden Grove, SA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Parafield Airport |
| Longreach Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The de Havilland 50J biplane, named ' Hermes ' by its operators QANTAS, crashed in hilly country in bad weather not long into a flight from Adelaide to Longreach.
It span in from 1,800 feet in cloud, and was destroyed by fire.
The pilot, C.W.A.Scott, received burns and a broken jaw but the engineer, George Nutson, suffered burns and other injuries from which he died in hospital.
Charles Scott was reprimanded by the management of QANTAS for not delaying his flight until better weather prevailed and for making an unauthorised change to the route to Longreach.
Scott went on to make a number of notable flights including winning the 1934 London to Melbourne air race with co-pilot Tom Campbell Black.
Charles Scott died by his own hand in Berlin in April 1946.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.W.A._Scott
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 March 1929 | L-BAHE | Československé státní aerolinie (ČSA) | 0 | Praha - Kbely airport, Československá Republika |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2011 15:26 | angels one five | Added |
| 03-Jan-2011 22:46 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Sep-2011 04:39 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2015 09:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2018 18:22 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Jun-2022 05:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2022 22:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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