 VH-UHH, the aircraft involved in the accident in 1936 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 February 1937 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Lamington National Park 28°18′33″S 153°07′04″E / 28.309156°S 153.117789°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Stinson Model A |
| Aircraft name | City of Brisbane |
| Operator | Airlines of Australia |
| Registration | VH-UHH |
| Flight origin | Archerfield Airport, Brisbane |
| Stopover | Lismore Airport, Lismore |
| Destination | Sydney Airport, Sydney |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 2 (pilots) |
| Fatalities | 5; both pilots and 2 passengers died in crash (one survivor died later while searching for help) |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 3; passengers who survived crash, 1 died later while searching for help |
The 1937 Airlines of Australia Stinson crash was an accident which occurred on 19 February 1937. The Airlines of Australia Stinson Model A airliner disappeared during a flight from Brisbane to Sydney, carrying five passengers and two pilots. Both pilots and two passengers were killed in the crash. One of the surviving passengers died while attempting to bring help to the other survivors.
The aircraft crashed in the McPherson Range on the border between Queensland and New South Wales.[1][2][3] The wreckage was found by Bernard O'Reilly of the Lamington Guest House who went looking for the aircraft believing it had failed to cross the border. The story garnered widespread interest due to the use of similar planes during the early days of aviation in Australia. The dramatic events brought prominence to the guesthouse.[4]
- ^ "Rescuer's Graphic Story of Finding of Stinson 'Plane". The Barrier Miner. 1 March 1937. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Stinson plane crash inquest". Queensland State Archives. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ *Job, Macarthur (1991). Air Crash, Chapter 7. Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. p. 91. ISBN 0-9587978-9-7.
- ^ O'Reilly, Peter (August 2008). The Spirit of O'Reillys. Peter O'Reilly. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-646-49601-6.