De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide crash, Nov 27, 1951 (1 killed)
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide accident on November 27, 1951 near Cairns Queensland, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: The cause was fuel exhaustion..
- Date: November 27, 1951
- Aircraft: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
- Location: Cairns Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The cause was fuel exhaustion.
A Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade Dragon Rapide was returning to Cairns from Vanrook Station with a seriously injured stockman. Smoke from sugar cane burning hid Cairns, and the aircraft had no radio navigation aids. When fuel ran low the pilot ditched in the sea about 15 miles north of Cairns, and the aircraft sank with the patient, who died, while the three survivors swam ashore.