Melbourne - Melbourne

On May 16, 1936 at 12:00 AM, Melbourne - Melbourne experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.60 Moth, operated by Holyman's Airways, with the event recorded near Melbourne Victoria.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot Norman K. Field was performing a training flight when flying at low altitude over East Oakliegh, near Mount Waverley, in the suburb of Melbourne, the single engine aircraft hit telephone wires and a chimney before crashing in flames onto a house. The pilot was killed while nobody on the ground was hurt.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-UII, MSN 895, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -37.7545°, 144.9807°.