Date:	Wednesday 23 August 2023
Time:	14:10 LT
Type:	de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Trustee of: G-ANKZ Tiger Moth
Registration:	G-ANKZ
MSN:	3803
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Brown Shutters Farm Airfield, Norton St Philip, Somerset -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Compton Abbas Airport (EGHA)
Destination airport:	Brown Shutters Farm Airfield, Norton St Philip, Somerset

Narrative:
A de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ANKZ crashed at Norton St Philip, Somerset on 23 August 2023. During the final approach to landing on Runway 33R/15L at Brown Shutters Farm Airfield, Norton St Philip, 5 nautical miles South South-East of Bath, Somerset the aircraft struck overhead HT Power lines.

The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was written off.

UPDATE: The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only report, published on 12-10-2023, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:

"The aircraft struck power lines on approach to Runway 33 at Brown Shutters Farm, decelerating rapidly and landing inverted. The short grass airfield is described in its own literature as 'challenging' and has a displaced threshold to account for the wires. The pilot reflected that he did not positively identify the wires early enough. He reported that, to compensate for a possible tailwind, he used an aiming point before the displaced threshold markers to maximise the landing distance available, and that he allowed the aircraft to become too low on its approach".

1. AAIB Correspondence-only report, published on 12-10-2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2023/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2023
2. https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/live-a36-closed-norton-cables-8699471
3. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-66606067.amp
4. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=124206
5. https://brownshuttersfarmairfield.co.uk/
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p038.html
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
8. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANKZ.pdf
9. https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-08-23/small-aircraft-crashes-in-somerset-taking-down-power-lines
10. https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/live-a36-closed-norton-cables-8699143
11. https://metar-taf.com/airport/GB-0555-brown-shutters-farm-airstrip

Ex F-BHIO, G-ANKZ, RAF: N9466

G-ANKZ (N6466) at Old Warden Aerodrome "Gathering of Moths" Ol Warden, Bedfordshire 8-8-2019

‼️Urgent traffic alert: The #A36 near Norton St Philip is closed in both directions from the junction with the A366 near Farleigh Hungerford, to beyond Woolverton and the junction with the A361 due to an incident. We expect the closure to last several hours. pic.twitter.com/16UsVKo5zr

— Travel Somerset (@TravelSomerset) August 23, 2023

The #A36 is closed in both directions between the #A361 #Beckington and #A366 #FarleighHungerford due to a Police led incident.

Emergency services are on scene.

Please avoid area if possible and allow extra travel time. pic.twitter.com/zDswzxGqY3

— National Highways: South-West (@HighwaysSWEST) August 23, 2023

We're at the scene after a power cable came down, closing the A366 Farleigh Rd jnc A36 at about 2.10pm today, Weds 23 Aug.
The A36 is closed between the Beckington roundabout & the A366, while the A366 is closed between Bath Rd, Norton St Phillip, & the A36.
Pls avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/5OLOi4nMp1

— Avon and Somerset Police (@ASPolice) August 23, 2023

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Aug-2023 16:57	gerard57	Added
23-Aug-2023 17:14	harro	Updated
24-Aug-2023 05:31	Aerossurance	Updated
25-Aug-2023 05:56	harro	Updated
26-Aug-2023 08:17	RobertMB	Updated
26-Aug-2023 20:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated
01-Sep-2023 07:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated
01-Sep-2023 07:22	harro	Updated
13-Oct-2023 07:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated