Roma - Roma

On May 12, 1939 at 12:00 AM, Roma - Roma experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.60 Moth, operated by Private Australian, with the event recorded near Roma Queensland.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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. The crew was performing a training flight when he lost control of the aircraft that crashed near the airport. While the instructor was killed, the student pilot was injured. It is believed that the pilot who was not an instructor was giving flight instruction. Also, the flight was considered as unauthorized/illegal.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-UPY, MSN 550, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -26.5746°, 148.7935°.