ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27146
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 January 1937 |
| Time: | c. 13:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | North Queensland Airways Pty Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-UPQ |
| MSN: | 2085 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trinity Bay 12 miles N of Cairns Airport, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Cooktown, Queensland |
| Cairns, Queensland (YBCS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into the sea at Trinity Bay 12 miles north of Cairns Airport, Queensland, between Buchan Point and Double Island, with the engine running. Inquest closed with no cause found for the crash. Accident investigation concluded that the pilot had fallen asleep and descended gradually into the sea. Deceased: Dorothy May Shipke (15 years). Severe head injury & drowning. Survivors: Fredrick Edmund Shipke (13 years) and Pilot Carleton Fletcher "Pat" Moore.
Visible wreckage was brought ashore on the day at Yorkeys Knob, Queensland, but the main wreckage drifted 5 miles to a beach where it was further wrecked by coral and wave action. Registration cancelled 19.1.37.
Sources:
1. Microfilm of 1937 Cairns Post newspaper. Cairns Museum.
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh80.pdf
3. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UPQ.html
4. http://www.warbirdsdirectory.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh80/dh80.htm
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20161210064238/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/1937/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-80-puss-moth-in-cairns-1-killed/
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U1.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkeys_Knob,_Queensland
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2009 21:00 | Paul Lomas | Updated |
| 23-Feb-2013 14:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2014 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2014 20:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2022 20:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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