ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28516
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| Date: | Saturday 19 June 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Queensland Aero Club |
| Registration: | VH-UAN |
| MSN: | 542 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | SE of Archerfield Airport, Brisbane, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Archerfield Airport, Brisbane, Queensland (YBAF) |
| Archerfield Airport, Brisbane, Queensland (YBAF) |
DH.60X [Cirrus II]: to DH Australia with C of A 1381 issued 24.4.28. To RAAF as A7-3. Taken on charge at 1 FTS RAAF Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria 1.6.28. Badly damaged in heavy landing at Point Cook 24.8.28; repaired. Damaged on landing during night flying practice 11.11.30; probably repaired.
Sold 13.6.32 to Australian Aero Club for Queensland Aero Club. Registered VH-UAN [C of R 450] 23.8.32 to Dept of Defence, Civil Aviation Branch and loaned to Queensland Aero Club, Archerfield. Fitted with Gipsy I engine in 8.33. The aircraft had engine trouble 05.09.33 and, during the forced landing, struck a fence on Mitchells Island near Taree, NSW. The pilot was injured, and the Moth was grounded for repairs until 4.1.34.
Struck by VH-UAV (c/no. 369) during air race and crashed South East of Archerfield 19.6.37; pilot Miss E Tully killed. The pilot of Moth VH-UAV was also killed.
According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Morning Bulletin" (Rockhampton, Qld) Tuesday 13 July 1937 Page 7):
"PLANE COLLISION AT ARCHERFIELD
Inquest Into Deaths of Pilots.
BRISBANE, July 12.
The inquest into the deaths of Jack Barrett and Esther Tully, who lost their lives when their planes collided at Archerfield on June 19, was concluded today. Further evidence was given regarding Miss Tully's plane striking Barrett's near the tail.
Ernest Brunckhorst, flight superintendent of the Aero Club, stated that Miss Tully had the average skill of a person with 22 hours' solo experience. Barrett also was a good flier with a record of nine hours' solo flying".
Registration VH-UAN cancelled with effect from same day.
Sources:
1. "Morning Bulletin" (Rockhampton, Qld) Tuesday 13 July 1937 Page 7: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57629126
2. http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/DH60%20VH-UAV.htm
3. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UAV.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
5. As G-UAUN: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJ2aC11YXYiXQ==
6. As VH-AUN: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-ua-um?highlight=WyJ2aC11YXYiXQ==
7. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p003.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archerfield_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2011 09:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2014 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2014 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 22:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Oct-2023 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Location]] |
| 16-Oct-2023 13:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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