Date:	Saturday 29 May 1948
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Nottingham UAS RAF
Registration:	DE681
MSN:	85622
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile West South West of Gotham, Nottinghamshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:	RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85622: Taken on charge as DE681 at 29 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 6.5.42. To 16 EFTS RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 22.6.42; later coded ‘FIN-H’. To Nottingham UAS RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire 23.4.47. To 16 RFS RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 26.6.47; operated by Nottingham UAS; coded 'RUN-C'.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29 May 1948 when flew into overhead HT Power cables, one mile west-south-west of Gotham, Nottinghamshire. Crew slightly injured. Aircraft went of out control when the instructor thought that the pupil pilot under training was in control, and flying the aircraft. At the same time, the pupil pilot under training thought that the instructor was flying the aircraft with the result that neither was in control!

Both crew survived uninjured. However, the subsequent RAF Board of Inquiry into the incident deemed that both crew were held liable, as neither had correctly implimented the appropriate drills for handing over control of the aircraft.

Formally Struck Off Charge as Cat.E(FA) 7.6.48.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.398
4. El Litoral 30 May 1948, p 2
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p856.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20DE681
7. http://www.ukairfields.org.uk/uploads/7/0/8/5/7085670/aviation_in_notts.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham,_Nottinghamshire#Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Feb-2015 18:05	TB	Added
20-Oct-2019 22:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2019 16:10	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
02-Sep-2021 03:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
12-Sep-2021 16:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]