ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15837
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 May 1999 |
| Time: | 18:23 LT |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Linda V Handley & Kevin Handley |
| Registration: | G-BXMN |
| MSN: | 86243 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spring Wood, Whalley, Clitheroe near Blackburn, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Farm Strip, Whalley, Lancashire |
| Blackpool, Lancashire (BLK/EGNH) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86243; Taken on charge as NL772 at 222 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 25.8.43 and shipped to Portugal 20.9.43 on the s.s "Empire Nightingale"; arrived Lisbon 7.10.43. To Portuguese Navy at Centro Aeronaval de Sao Jacinto, Aveiro, 11.43. One of 30 that were delivered to the Portuguese Navy (Aviacao Naval) with serials in the range T-1 to T-30. The serial was marked on nose cowlings and with a small number underneath tailplane. Initially operated by Centro Aeronaval de Sao Jacinto, Aveiro, survivors were transferred to Portuguese AF 1.7.52 on merger of air arms and then given serials in 11xx batch)
Civil registered in Mozambique as CR-AGL 1959 to Aero Clube do Chimoio, Vila Pery, Mozambique. Sold 2.1.70 to Carl Strecker, Johannesburg, South Africa. Regd ZS-IGJ 20.2.70 to Carl F Strecker, New Redruth, Alberton (with c/n "RF2563"). Fitted with Gipsy Major engine #83279. Sold 2.1.70 to Carl Strecker, Johannesburg, South Africa. Registered ZS-IGJ 20.2.70 to CF Strecker (with c/n "RF2563"). Registration cancelled 20.7.70 as "sold to USA" .
Shipped to USA on board SS "African Comet"15.6.70. Registered N8353 1.8.70 to Richard Dikovics, New York. Re-registered N82RD 1.9.70 to same owner (later Riverdale, NY); based Orange County Airport; CofA issued 11.9.70. Bill of sale dated 6.7.76 to Spencer Flack, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, UK. Registration N82RD cancelled 10.7.81 by FAA as 'revoked'.
Sold to Warren Davies and initially on rebuild during 1982 in a 26th Floor apartment in New York (!) Sold (by Flack) 1.9.91 to Steve Alexander, Bromsgrove. Sold [4.97] to Kevin Handley, Darwen, Lancashire (for £12,000) as a ‘kit of parts’. Registration N82RD cancelled 1.10.97 as 'exported to UK'
UK civil registered as G-BXMN 2.10.97 to Linda V Handley, Blackburn (but actually owned by Kevin Handley). Rebuilt by Air Navigation & Trading at Squires Gate and reflown 7.11.98. CofA issued 27.11.98, painted in RAF colours as NL772; based Higher Barn Farm, Houghton
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25.5.99 when crashed at Spring Wood, Whalley, Clitheroe near Blackburn, Lancashire. (At approximate Coordinates: 53°49′26″N 2°24′14″W). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft, with pilot and passenger on board, was undertaking a local flight from a farm strip when, at a height of 1,100 feet, the engine began to run roughly and lose power. The pilot elected to carry out a forced landing on a golf course adjacent to a wooded area but, as he positioned the aircraft for the landing the engine appeared to recover. He completed a 360° turn but the engine then again lost power, leaving the pilot with no choice but to land in the trees. During the landing, both Sutton type harnesses failed and both occupants sustained injuries. There was no fire.
The weather conditions obtained from Blackpool Airport at the time of the accident indicated temperature of +12°C and a dew point of +6°C, conditions considered favourable for the formation of carburettor icing at cruise power. It was the opinion of the pilot and his passenger that the symptoms of the power loss were consistent with such icing having occurred".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft severely damaged". Presumably, the airframe was assessed as being "damaged beyond economic repair", as the registration was cancelled as "destroyed" 13.11.99. Wreckage reported stored at Welshpool in August 2000.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Bulletin No: 2/2000 Ref: EW/G99/05/31
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f3afe5274a13170004af/dft_avsafety_pdf_500734.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BXMN
3, http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
4. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N82RD
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p862.html
7. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1098
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalley_Range,_Blackburn
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2008 23:03 | Bleiente | Added |
| 02-Feb-2012 17:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2012 15:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2013 02:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2015 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 02-Jul-2016 18:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2022 15:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Jan-2022 15:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Category] |
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