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Date: | Sunday 5 May 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | St. Andrews UAS RAF |
Registration: | DE661 |
MSN: | 85602 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Perth/Scone, New Scone, Perth (PSL/EGPT) |
Destination airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85602. Taken on charge by the RAF as DE661 at 38 MU Llandow 16.4.42. To 421 Squadron, RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea 27.9.42. Crashed 5.12.42; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 15.12.42. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Nothamptonshire 28.1.43, after completion of repairs. To 25 [P] EFTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 24.7.45 coded ‘69’. To Staff Pilot Training Unit, Cark 16.11.45. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/ Scone, New Scone, Perthshire 14.1.46; operated by St Andrews UAS (University Air Squadron).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5.5.46 in a flying accident at RAF Leuchars, Fife. On final approach to RAF Leuchars, Fife, the pilot thought that he may undershoot the landing, so he opened the throttle, to increase power, gain altitude, and "go around again". However, he left this action very late, so late that the Tiger Moth in fact touched down, albeit most of the way along the runway at RAF Leuchars.
Having inadvertently touched down, the pilot decided instead to commit to a landing, but was unable to stop in time before he 'ran out of runway'. The Tiger Moth then struck a sodium runway light, which 'wiped off' the undercarriage.
Tiger Moth DE661 was deemed FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E), Struck off Charge, and converted to instructional airframe 5985M on 6.7.46 at RAF Leuchars for RNAS Donibristle. The pilot was apparently uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.39 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DE999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.136
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p856.html 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20DE661 6.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jul-2021 12:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Jul-2021 20:09 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
27-Jul-2021 15:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
04-Sep-2021 16:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
06-Sep-2021 19:40 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |