ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144480
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| Date: | Friday 19 July 1946 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rijksluchtvaartschool - RLS |
| Registration: | PH-UAF |
| MSN: | 86538 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen AFB, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| 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 86536: Taken on charge as PG627 notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 22.3.44. However, into long term storage locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxfordshire for erection 13.8.45. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 21.9.45 (actually delivered 17.9.45).
Sold to Netherlands Government, via de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd. C of A 7486 issued 29.3.46 to DGCA, The Hague. Registered as PH-UAF (C of R 416) 30.3.46 to Rijksluchtvaartschool (RLS); (regd with fuselage no.4613).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherland (GLZ/EHGR) 19.7.46. According to a rough translation from Dutch into English of an account of the incident (see link #5 for the original Dutch text)
"After an overland flight, the student returned to Gilze-Rijen at approximately 5:00 pm. The aircraft was perpendicular to the landing direction at an altitude of approximately 100 meters when it made a rapid flat turn of approximately 90° to the right. After this swing, it plunged into a fairly quiet toll flight, after which the aircraft hit the ground after more than two toll turns with a not too hard hit.
The pilot was seriously injured.According to the Aviation Council, although the accident was caused by a control error on the part of the pilot, it also ruled that it was facilitated by the special flying characteristics of the Tiger Moth".
Registration PH-UAF cancelled 20.7.46.
Sources:
1. http://members.home.nl/doewe.pel/overvdehavilland.html
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p865.html
4. https://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MU.htm
5. https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1946.htm#19.07.1946
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilze-Rijen_Air_Base#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2012 21:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Jun-2019 15:20 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2021 18:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 11-Jun-2022 09:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 12-Jun-2022 23:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 10:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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