Maylands - Maylands

On July 18, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Maylands - Maylands experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.60 Moth, operated by West Australian Airways, with the event recorded near Perth Western Australia.

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 pilote departed Maylands Airport on a local training flight. While flying at a height of about 2,000 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent then collided with power lines and crashed on a road located in East Perth, bursting into flames. The pilot Ray Wilson was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AUFI, MSN 277, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -31.9507°, 115.7979°.