ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163197
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 August 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Hammond Aerial Transport Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AUGL |
| MSN: | 407 (DHA.6) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mascot, Sydney, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, NSW | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 407 (DHA.6) DH.60X [Cirrus II] Moth sold to DH Australia with C of A 1168 issued 16.7.27. Registered G-AUGL [C of R 180] 3.10.27 to The De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Mascot. Re-registered 22.4.28 to H.T "Bunny" Hammond t/a Hammond Aerial Transport Ltd, Sydney.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22.8.28; On final approach to Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, NSW, while on a cargo flight from Sydney-Mascot, aircraft crashed and was destroyed by impact forces and post impact fire. Both occupants were injured. Registration G-AUGL cancelled 30.8.28. (Note that c/no 6 has been quoted for this Moth; this was the DH Australia assembly number)
Coonabarabran is a town in Warrumbungle Shire that sits on the divide between the Central West and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-coonabarabran
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-AU.html
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJnLWF1Z2wiXQ==
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonabarabran
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2014 23:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Apr-2014 16:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Country, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2017 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 15:25 | Sergey L. | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 10-Dec-2023 08:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 10-Dec-2023 08:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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