CAC Plant Reports 1938, numbers 12 – 22

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1930 de Havilland DH.60 Moth VH-UFL crashed into the Brisbane River at Pinkenba, Queensland on 19 August 1930. The aircraft was registered to the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Defence and operated by the Australian Aero Club (Queensland Section) at Archerfield. The aircraft crashed into the Brisbane River when "diving" on HMAS Albatross. The pilot survived with injuries but the passenger N. Duff was killed. Source: aviation-safety.net website

1981 Bell UH-1B Iroquois A2-1023 operated by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) crashed at Williamtown, NSW on 19 August 1981. The helicopter was on a test flight because several days earlier it had pitched violently forward during a normal sortie. It crashed due to tail rotor drive failure. One of the tail rotor pitch control cables fouled the tail rotor drive shaft due to quadrant keeper pins that were not fitted. This caused the failure of the tail rotor drive then the main rotor blades separated. The main body of the aircraft fell inverted into a swamp. Three crew members were killed; SQNLDR Derek John Knights (O317786) Pilot, FLTLT Adrian Bryant (Co-Pilot) and SGT Brian Wilson. Sources: ADF-Serials; aviation-safety.net website

1982 The Air Accidents (Commonwealth Government Liability) Amendment Bill 1982 was debated in Parliament on 19 August 1982. Source: House of Representatives Debates, p.735. via aph.gov.au website