Adelaide – Longreach

On September 4, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Adelaide – Longreach experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.50, operated by Qantas Airways - Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, with the event recorded near Adelaide South Australia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Adelaide-Parafield Airport, while cruising at a height of 1,800 feet, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed on hilly terrain near Golden Grove, northeast of Adelaide, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post impact fire. The pilot Charles William Anderson Scott, slightly injured, was able to assist his mechanic George Nutson who was seriously burned. Unfortunately, he died from his injuries few hours later.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AUHI, MSN 5, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.9206°, 138.6040°.