Sydney – Wellington

On January 10, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Sydney – Wellington experienced a crash involving Ryan B-1 Brougham, operated by George Hood, with the event recorded near Tasman Sea All World.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 crew was performing the first trans-Tasman sea flight from Richmond, in the suburb of Sydney to Wellington, New Zealand. En route, the crew sent a morse message to confirm that all was ok on board, but the aircraft failed to arrive in New Zealand. SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found. The distance between Richmond and Wellington was approximately 2,320 km and the flying time was estimated to be 14 hours. Crew: George Hood, pilot, John Moncrieff, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AUNZ, MSN 47, year of manufacture 1927.