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Date: | Wednesday 23 December 1987 |
Time: | 13:16 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Flight Lieutenant Rod D M Lovell |
Registration: | VH-DDA |
MSN: | DHA.169 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, Sydney, NSW -
Australia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, Sydney, NSW (YSBK) |
Destination airport: | Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, Sydney, NSW (YSBK) |
Investigating agency: | BASI |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN DHA.169; Built by DH Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Taken on charge as A17-168 at 2 Aircraft Depot, Richmond 18.11.40. To 9 EFTS Cunderdin 9.12.40. Damaged on landing at Cunderdin 21.2.41; to RAAF Pearce 28.2.41 for repairs. To 25 Squadron, RAAF Pearce 14.9.41. To 9 EFTS Cunderdin 22.11.41. To 4 SFTS Geraldton 5.10.42. To 9 EFTS Cunderdin 23.4.45 for storage reserve; transferred to 86 OBU Cunderdin 11.6.45; to Care & Maintenance Unit 17.10.45; for sale 7.6.46.
Struck of RAAF charge when sold 2.12.46 for £30 to K Vine, Perth; issued 23.12.46. Australian civil registered as VH-AHL (C of R 1220) 24.3.47 to Keith J Vine, Perth, WA. Re-registered 20.8.47 to Merton M Collins, Mullewa, WA. Re-registered as VH-DDA 11.7.52 to David Gray & Co Ltd, West Perth, WA. Badly damaged when hit trees while crop-spraying near Toodyay, WA 15.4.54; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged on landing Maylands, Brunswick Junction, WA 1.6.55; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged in ground loop at Toodyay 16.2.56; presumed repaired. Re-registered 14.6.63 to H Ten Vaanholt, East Cannington, WA. Registration VH-DDA cancelled 14.10.63. Re-registered 12.7.76 to unknown party. Re-registered 1.6.77 to Flight Lieutenant Rod D M Lovell, Smithfield Plains, SA (moved to Rosanna, Victoria with effect from 2.5.78; then to Woodend, Vicytoria with effect from 11.6.80).
Substantially damaged 23.12.87 in a landing accident at Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. According to the summary of the ATSB report into the incident:
"The Private Pilot Licence holder was undergoing type endorsement training. During the third landing, on runway 29 Left, the aircraft commenced to swing to the right. The pilot in command reported that after checking that there were no obstructions he allowed the swing to continue. The student pilot was unable to stop the swing and as the aircraft turned through 40 degrees it began to skid, with the result that the landing gear folded. The aircraft is fitted with a tail skid but no brakes, and was unable to use the normal unsealed landing area as that area was wet and out of service. At the time of the landing the wind conditions resulted in a quartering tailwind from the right at five knots".
Re-registered (3.94) to Stephen L Merrett, Milton, NSW. Re-registered 6.94 to D Tompkins, Chapman, ACT. On display (11.2002) in Australia's Museum of Flight, Nowra, NSW. Re-registered 12.2.2003 to Keiran J Balkin, Waratah, NSW. Re-registered 1.1.2009 to Richard Brougham, Warabrook, Newcastle, NSW. Badly damaged in crash near Luskintyre, NSW 15.12.2012 following engine failure on take-off. Re-registered 12.3.2013 to Matthew Todd Webber, Lochinvar, NSW (aircraft based at Luskintyre); on rebuild [2015]. Currently registered.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BASI |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17a.htm 2.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus1.html 3.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 4.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-DDA.html 5. ATSB Summary of the accident:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1987/aair/aair198702449/ 6. ATSB Full Report into the accident:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/27728/aair198702449.pdf 7.
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/180715/VH-DDA/A17-168 8. Tiger Moth VH-DDA at Ballarat Airport, Ballarat, Victoria Australia (YBLT) 18.3.84:
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000773879.html 9.
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/picture.php?/DDA_dh82a_lusk10_a17_168/category/dh82a-tiger-moth-a17-168 10.
https://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18267 11.
https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/14895-vh-dda-1 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankstown_Airport
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 December 2012 |
VH-DDA |
Richard Brougham |
0 |
Luskintyre Airfield, Luskintyre, Hunter Valley, NSW |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Nov-2018 10:10 |
Pineapple |
Added |
18-Jan-2022 00:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |