Point Cook - Point Cook

On April 21, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Point Cook - Point Cook experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.9, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Melbourne Victoria.

The flight was categorized as demonstration 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, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. For the official visit of Duchess of York in Australia, a team of seven De Havilland DH.9 was performing a demonstration flight in a V formation. At 1,000 feet, all aircraft plunged and regained height at 500 feet. On sixth position, number A6-26 hit with its engine the A6-5's machine which was on fourth position in the formation. Both aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed, bursting into flames. All four occupants on both aircraft were killed, among them three pilot and a photographer. Crew: F/O V. H. Thornton, Sgt H. G. Hay.

Aircraft reference details include registration A6-26, MSN C6241.

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