ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16432
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| Date: | Sunday 1 April 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Norsk Aero Klubb |
| Registration: | LN-BDL |
| MSN: | 3443 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Steinsfjorden, Buskerud -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oslo Airport, Fornebu (FBU/ENFB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 3443: First registered (C of R 6425) on 9.12.35 as G-ADVZ to Scottish Aviation Ltd., Prestwick Airport, Prestwick, Ayrshire. (G-ADVZ was one of a batch of nine DH.82 Tiger Moths, registered as G-ADVX to G-ADWF on the date to Scottish Aviation. A further batch of seven were also registered on the same date as G-ADWJ to G-ADWP). C of A 5259 issued 8.1.36. Operated by the Scottish College of Aviation Ltd at Prestwick, as 12 E&RFTS. Spun in off climbing turn & crashed 5 miles North of Ayr 31.10.37; repaired and returned to service. Unit renamed 12 EFTS upon outbreak of war 3.9.39
Registration G-ADVZ cancelled 12.10.40 when impressed into military service as BB796. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 22.7.41. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 30.8.46. To 12 RFS (Reserve Flying Achool) RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire 8.3.49, coded “RCD-G”, later “11”. To 5 RFS RAF Castle Bromwich 7.6.51, coded ‘R-10’. To Home Command Major Servicing Unit, RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire 12.3.53. To 1 Air Navigation School, RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire 20.5.53. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 20.11.53. Struck off charge when sold as parts (Cat.5(c)) on 19.3.54 to Norsk Aero Klubb and overhauled at Wolverhampton by Derby Aviation Ltd.
Pre-war registration G-ADVZ restored (C of R 4620/2) 28.5.54 to Derby Aviation Ltd., Burnaston, Derbyshire. C of A renewed 20.8.54. Registration G-ADVZ cancelled 28.9.54 as "Sold abroad - to Norway".
Re-registered in Norway as LN-BDL to Norsk Aero Klubb. Oslo. C of R 334 issued 4.2.55. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1.4.56 when crashed at Steinsfjorden, Buskerud, Norway. Registration LN-BDL cancelled 28.3.58
Steinsfjorden is a branch of the lake Tyrifjorden located in Buskerud, Norway. It has a length of about eight kilometers, stretching from the sound Kroksund at Sundvollen northwards to Åsa, in the municipalities of Ringerike and Hole. At the eastern side are steep cliffs towards Krokskogen.
Sources:
1. Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes?view=article&id=78:register-gb-g-ad&catid=15:aeroplanes
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADVZ.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p034.html
7. https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsk_Aero_Klubb
8. https://digitaltmuseum.no/021015697798/ant-lufthavn-1-fly-pa-bakken-tiger-moth-dh-82-a-ln-bdl-fra-norsk-aero-klubb
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinsfjorden
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 13:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2012 16:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2017 11:49 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2018 16:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2021 17:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Oct-2021 17:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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