Date:	Monday 12 August 2013
Time:	11:45 LT
Type:	de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-AAZG
MSN:	1253
Year of manufacture:	1930
Engine model:	De Havilland Gipsy 1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Canon Ashby House, Daventry, Northamptonshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Turweston Airport (EGBT)
Destination airport:	Turweston Airport (EGBT)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Aircraft crashed and written off near Canon Ashby House, Northamptonshire at 11:45am local on 12/8/2013.

The pilot carried out two medium banked turns and a gentle wingover manoeuvre before entering another steep turn to the left. When established in the turn, the engine stopped and the aircraft entered a spin to the left.

The pilot recovered from the spin but, due to the limited height available, could only pull out of the dive and carry out a forced landing in an isolated grass area, amongst trees and other obstacles. In doing so, the aircraft struck a ridge and furrow, which destroyed the landing gear and much of the forward fuselage. A member of the public witnessed the accident and called the emergency services, who recovered both occupants from the wreckage. The pilot and his passenger had suffered serious injuries and were transferred to hospital. There was no fire."

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-23670791#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
2. http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/pilot-and-boy-injured-in-light-aircraft-crash-in-northamptonshire-1-5378636
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFhemciXQ==
5. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84789
6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2390274/Boy-11-seriously-injured-plane-crash-pilot-fighting-life-loop-loop-went-horribly-wrong.html
7. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f806ed915d13710006a1/DH60G_Gipsy_Moth__G-AAZG_12-13.pdf
8. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/521214-gipsy-moth-g-aazg-down-12-august-2013-northampton.html
9. http://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/local/pilot-and-boy-injured-in-light-aircraft-crash-in-northamptonshire-1-5378636
10. https://www.dhmothclub.co.uk/suppliers/bygone-aviation/?service=c-of-a-renewals
11. http://www.bygoneaviation.com
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_Ashby_House

Remains sold in 2014 to Matthew Pettit/Bygone Aviation, Oaklands Aerodrome, Stonesfield, near Witney,
Oxfordshire for rebuild.

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8 February 1953

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sub

de Havilland DH.60G Moth "Bremont" G-AAZG. Sponsored by Bremont watches. Here static and resplendent at Duxford 21 July 2013

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Aug-2013 10:03	gerard57	Added
12-Aug-2013 10:14	gerard57	Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Aug-2013 17:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]
16-Aug-2013 01:54	MarkStep	Updated [Source]
22-Jan-2014 10:51	TB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Embed code]
18-Apr-2014 21:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
19-May-2014 03:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
25-Sep-2015 15:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Embed code]
04-Mar-2024 13:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
04-Mar-2024 13:52	harro	Updated [Other fatalities, Embed code, Narrative]