 A Ryan B-5 Brougham similar to that flown by Moncrieff and Hood | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 January 1928 |
| Summary | Disappearance |
| Site | Tasman Sea |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ryan B-1 Brougham |
| Aircraft name | Aotearoa |
| Registration | G-AUNZ |
| Flight origin | Point Cook, Victoria, Australia |
| Destination | Trentham Racecourse, Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Missing | 2 |
Lieutenant John Moncrieff and Captain George Hood were two New Zealanders who vanished on 10 January 1928 while attempting the first trans-Tasman flight from Australia to New Zealand. Radio signals were received from their aircraft for 12 hours after their departure from Sydney, but despite a number of purported sightings in New Zealand, and many land searches in the intervening years, no trace of the aviators or their aircraft has ever been found.