Airspeed AS.6 Envoy crash, Dec 3, 1934 (3 killed), Pacifi...
Airspeed AS.6 Envoy accident on December 3, 1934 near Pacific Ocean, World with 3 fatalities. Cause: Bad weather and an unexpected tailwind likely...
- Date: December 3, 1934
- Aircraft: Airspeed AS.6 Envoy
- Location: Pacific Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Bad weather and an unexpected tailwind likely carried the aircraft past Hawaii in the dark, and it ditched after running out of fuel.
The Airspeed Envoy Stella Australis vanished on 3 December 1934 during a test flight from Oakland, California, toward Hawaii, for a planned San Francisco to Sydney service. Pilot Charles Ulm and two others were aboard. After radio messages saying the aircraft was lost and short of fuel, it ditched in the sea, and a search by aircraft and 23 naval ships found no trace.