Cairns – Cooktown

On May 7, 1937 at 12:00 PM, Cairns – Cooktown experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, operated by North Queensland Airways, with the event recorded near Cairns Queensland.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Cairns Airport, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and dove into the ground before crashing 2 miles from the airport. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-UZG, MSN 6027, year of manufacture 1933.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.9329°, 145.7611°.