ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27099
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| Date: | Saturday 4 February 1956 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson I |
| Owner/operator: | MacRobertson Miller Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-MMG |
| MSN: | 10071 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3,5 mi N of Hawkstone Peak, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Tableland Cattle Station |
| Derby, WA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 4th February 1956, at approximately 2000 hours, the Avro Anson crashed 3,5 miles north of Hawkstone Peak, Western Australia. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was under charter to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and was on an emergency medical flight from Tableland to Derby, Western Australia. The occupants of the aircraft were the pilot, a sick child, her father, and two nurses. All the occupants were killed in the accident.
The probable cause of the accident was that the aircraft encountered a thunderstorm of such severity that control of the aircraft could not be maintained.
A contributory cause of the accident was an error of judgment on the part of the pilot in attempting the flight under the existing weather conditions.
The pilots decision to attempt the flight was undoubtedly influenced by a strong humanitarian concern for the patient. It is the policy of the Department to recognise that pilots in command of mercy flights may depart from prescribed safety standards whe1·e this is necessary to save some person from grave or imminent danger. In exercising this discretion pilots could carefully assess the risks involved to ensure that the exposure of human life to danger is not being increased beyond the level that would exist if the flight were delayed until more favourable conditions prevailed.
Sources:
http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Mercy%20Flights%20article.htm
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-MMG.html
http://henrietta.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2459757~S6#.UzCpfPl_ua8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jul-2010 08:23 | Bruto 57 | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 07:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 24-Mar-2014 21:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2014 22:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2018 19:40 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2019 16:44 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2022 10:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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