ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17732
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 December 2007 |
| Time: | 13:21 UTC |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Andre Bradshaw |
| Registration: | ZS-OCS |
| MSN: | 85865 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bethlehem, Free State -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bethlehem Airfield, Free State (FABM) |
| Nottingham Road Aerdrome, Kwa-Zulu Natal | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85865; Taken on charge by the RAF as DF116, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 14.9.42. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 13.3.44. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 29.3.44. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 25.8.44.
Written off (destroyed) when flew into ground low-flying near Shalbourne, about 3 miles southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire 10.5.45. (Two days after "V-E Day" on 8.5.45, which marked the end of WW2 in Europe; the 8th and 9th of May 1945 were marked as official holidays). Both crew - Flight Sergeant J R Taylor (AUS.433630) and Sgt D R Louden (1570270) survived uninjured. Flt Sgt Taylor was subsequently charged with unauthorised low flying and tried by Court Martial. On 7.6.45 he was found guilty, reduced to the ranks and sentenced to 56 days’ detention.
Identity used for rebuild of Tiger Moth airframe, assembled by C F Strecker from UK components (although the connection to Tiger Moth DF116 - if any - is unclear). Civil registered in South Africa as ZS-OCS 28.7.97 to Moth Vintage Aircraft Co, Rand. Re-registered 9.9.99 to King Air Trust, Cresta. Sold to Ray Gleimius, based on farm near Bloemfontein (owner killed 11.2006 in crash in Drakensberg Mountains). Sold [early 2007] to Andre Bradshaw (at Bloemfontein auction)
Written off (destroyed) 19.12.2007 at a fatal crash near Bethleham, Free State, According to the South African CAA report into the incident (see link #1 for the full report):
"The pilot departed from Bethlehem on a private flight in daylight and fine weather conditions to Nottingham Road Aerodrome in Kwa-Zulu Natal. As the pilot turned onto the crosswind leg after take-off, still in the climb, he allowed the aircraft to stall and entered a spin manoeuvre from which he was unable to recover. The aircraft crashed next to the aerodrome.
The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The aircraft sustained extensive fire damage during the accident sequence. Investigation did not reveal any mechanical failure on any of the primary flight control systems or any evidence of structural failure elsewhere in the aircraft structure, nor any evidence of engine malfunction due to mechanical reasons prior to the accident.
=Probable Cause=
The pilot applied poor take-off technique, causing the aircraft to stall and enter a spin manoeuvre from which the he was unable to recover."
A student pilot recorded the entire event on videocam. Bethlehem is a city in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs river along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.19)
2. South African CAA CA18/2/3/8414: http://www.caa.co.za/Accidents%20and%20Incidents%20Reports/8414.pdf
3. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=DF116
7. https://dunxc2.wixsite.com/pypard/aircraft-listing
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem,_Free_State#Air
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 May 1945 | DF116 | 29 EFTS RAF | 0 | near Shalbourne, about 3 miles southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2008 09:00 | Topaz | Added |
| 09-May-2008 22:33 | Topaz | Updated |
| 08-Jan-2022 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Jan-2022 21:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2022 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 03-Feb-2022 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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