ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 417
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| Date: | Monday 26 August 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rijksluchtvaartschool - RLS |
| Registration: | PH-UAK |
| MSN: | 86303 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen AFB, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherland (GLZ/EHGR) |
| Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherland (GLZ/EHGR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 86303: Taken on charge as NL844 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 9.10.43. Sold to Netherlands Government [via DeHavilland] 10.4.46. UK C of A 7483 issued 25.4.46 to DGCA, The Hague.Registered PH-UAK (C of R 420) 30.3.46 to Rijksluchtvaartschool (RLS) (regd with fuselage no.4380).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.8.46 when stalled and crashed on landing and destroyed by fire at Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherland (GLZ/EHGR); pilot P L W Sodderland killed. According to a rough translation from Dutch into English of an account of the accident (see link #5 for the original Dutch text):
"The assignment was to make a target landing. After the aircraft was in a gliding flight at a height of about 120 metres, the pilot made a left turn. This bend gradually became sharper. When the aircraft was at a height of 100 feet, with a high bank angle, it dived almost vertically, turning sharply to the left. The plane hit the ground almost vertically, after nearly half a turn around the top axis had been turned.
In the impact with the ground, the front fuselage completely collapsed to the rear seat, also destroying the wing trestle with the fuel tank contained therein. The aircraft then turned on its back and immediately caught fire. The pilot, who must have been seriously injured from the impact with the ground and believed to have been knocked unconscious by the impact (the attachment of his seat belt was even broken), probably died from burns.
The immediately initiated carbon dioxide extinguishing attempts yielded no results. This accident was also caused by the driver making a sharp turn at too low a speed"
Registration PH-UAK cancelled 27.8.46.
Sources:
1. Brokkenboek 1945-1955 / H.Dekker, 1991
2. http://members.home.nl/doewe.pel/overvdehavilland.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p863.html
5. https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1946.htm#26.08.1946
6. https://www.hdekker.info/registermap/TWEEDE.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2008 10:14 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Mar-2012 21:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2019 15:23 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2021 18:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2022 09:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 10:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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