Charleville – Tambo – Blackall

On March 24, 1927 at 09:30 AM, Charleville – Tambo – Blackall experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.9, operated by Qantas Airways - Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, with the event recorded near Tambo Queensland.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane departed Charleville at 0530LT with a pilot, Ian Douglas Davidson, and two passengers, William Robertson Donaldson from Rockland, and A. W. Bell from Belmont. The plane must have had trouble on the road as it only reached Tambo at 0930LT (two hours late), flying very low over the river, with the engine running. On final approach, the engine stopped, and a second later, the plane hit tree top and crashed. Mr. Bell was dead and Mr. Davidson died within half-an-hour, while Mr. Donaldson expired at 2 o'clock. The plane was destroyed, the engine and fuselage being smashed to pieces.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AUED, MSN 86, year of manufacture 1923.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -24.4243°, 145.4655°.