Date:	Sunday 2 October 2005
Time:	14:50 UTC
Type:	de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Aviation Ventures Ltd t/a Delta Aviation Ltd
Registration:	G-ANMO
MSN:	3255
Year of manufacture:	1935
Engine model:	De Havilland Gipsy Major 1C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Andrewsfield, 4.6 miles WNW of Braintree, Essex -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Andrewsfield, Essex (EGSL)
Destination airport:	Andrewsfield, Essex (EGSL)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3255; Taken on charge by the RAF as K4259 at RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey 12.1.35. To 1 ASU RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire 21.2.36. To 24 Squadron, 11 "F" Group 3.6.37 for use of Air Attaché, British Embassy, Paris. Returned to 1 ASU RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire 13.8.37. To 19 E&RFTS Gatwick, Horley, Surrey 30.9.37. To 10 EFTS RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire 15.10.39; moved with unit to RAF Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 9.40; then to RAF to Stoke Orchard 9.41. Crashed into tree forced landing 1 mile South of Bedford, Gloucestershire 5.5.42; to W Mumford Ltd, Plymouth for repairs 8.5.42. Upon completion of repairs, to 29 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 1.7.42. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 14.2.43 coded "8". To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 28.10.44. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 30.7.45. To 2 Grading Unit, RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire 10.6.52 coded "71". Ferried to 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 12.3.53 for storage pending disposal.

Struck off charge when sold 18.11.53 to A J Whittemore (Aeradio) Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil registered G-ANMO (C of R R4418/1) 22.1.54 to A J Whittemore (Aeradio) Ltd, Croydon. Sold 22.7.55 to Continental Aircraft Services Ltd and registration G-ANMO lapsed. Overhauled at Eastleigh, Hampshire [in 6.55]; C of A not known; delivered ex-Croydon 17.9.55 to France.

Inspected at Toussus-le-Noble 25.7.56 and re-registered in France as F-BHIU 29.8.56 to Aero Club Roger Sommer, Sedan. C of A lapsed 31.10.63. Aircraft withdrawn from use and stored. Sold to Colin Goodman and flown Arras/Roclincourt, France to Cranfield, Bedfordshire 2.2.70. French registration F-BHIU cancelled 3.4.70 as 'sold abroad'.

Registration G-ANMO restored 15.7.70 (C of R 4418/2) to Colin Goodman, Corby, Northamptonshire (aircraft based at Sywell, Northamptonshire; later at Cowick Hall/Slipton). Reflown 30.7.70 and C of A renewed 31.7.70. Wrecked when collided with Stampe G-AYGR during Barnstormers Display at Weston-super-Mare: On 30.7.72 four aircraft were performing a display at the Barnstormers Air Display when a mid-air collision occurred between Stampe SV.4c G-AYGR and Tiger Moth G-ANMO. Both aircraft crashed, but all aboard survived.

Registration G-ANMO cancelled 30.7.72 (same day) as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use"). Some parts to Paul Gliddon for spares and then to Tom Pate, Kilkerran. Other parts to Ted Lay and agreement reached 1986 that Ted Lay had rights to the title of the registration.

Registration restored (C of R G-ANMO/R3) on 27.1.87 to Edward Lay, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire. Re-registered (C of R G-ANMO/R4) on 23.8.95 to Edward [Ted] & Kathleen Mary Lay, Bishops Manor Farm, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire. Final assembly Rushetts Farm, Chessington, Surrey in July 1997 and C of A renewed 11.8.97; painted in 1952-period markings as K-4259 “71”. Aircraft based at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire [aircraft delivered ex-Chessington 12.8.97]. Damaged at White Waltham 14.8.97 after Jungmann G-BUCK blown into it; repaired and returned to service.

Sold 29.9.2005 and re-registered (C of R G-ANMO/R5) 17.10.2005 to Aviation Ventures Ltd; t/a Delta Aviation, Sywell, Northamptonshire (aircraft based at Andrewsfield). Damaged on landing Andrewsfield 2.10.2005; according to the AAIB Report into the incident:

"The aircraft was carrying out an instructional flight. During the latter part of the landing roll, on a grass surface, the aircraft began to pitch forward and, despite application of full aft stick, the aircraft’s tail continued to rise until the propeller struck the ground. The aircraft then slid some 10 to 15 m with its nose on the ground. The pilot reported that this flight was the seventh of the day in similar wind conditions (340º/5-10 kt, gusting 15 kt). These conditions were accommodated on each landing by approaching slightly across the runway, Runway 27, to reduce the cross-wind component and by using an 'into-wind, wing-down' technique. In each case, alighting took place with the right main-wheel first, directional control being initially maintained with the aircraft’s tail up, and then by moving the stick aft as the aircraft slowed to a stop.

The pilot noted that overnight rain had taken place which he considered may have created a soft patch of grass, causing the wheels to dig in, pitching the aircraft forward. He also considered that the wind may have veered and gusted, creating a brief tail-wind component which, at a low forward speed, would have reversed the effect of the up elevator input, creating a nose down rather than a tail-down effect".

G-ANMO was repaired, and sold on to new owners (Aviation Ventures) on 17.10.2005 - just two weeks later! Re-registered (C of R G-ANMO/R6) 3.10.2008 to Michael Geoffrey Collins & Lesley Joan Collins, Westoning, Bedford (aircraft based Sywell, Northamptonshire). Re-registered (C of R G-ANMO/R7) on 13.5.2009 to Robert John Moore & Briony Sara Floodgate, Northampton (aircraft based at Sywell). Re-registered (C of R G-ANMO/R8) 20.5.2014 to Keith Michael Perkins, Maidstone, Kent (aircraft based at Headcorn, Kent). Re-registered 28.5.2021 to Aero Legends Leasing Ltd (Keith Perkins), Maidstone, Kent (aircraft based at Headcorn, Kent). Currently registered.

1. AAIB Bulletin: 3/2006 G-ANMO EW/G2005/10/02: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f589ed915d137100058b/G-ANMO_3-06.pdf
2. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Air Display June/July 1995
4. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes Since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANMO-1.pdf
6. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANMO-2.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p032.html
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
9. https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?AirframeSN=11308
10. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/K4259/817404
11. https://www.aerolegends.co.uk/tiger-moth/the-tiger-moth
12. G-ANMO as "K4259" at Abingdon Air and Country Show 15.5.2004:
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/247819/G-ANMO/K-4259
13. https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/65309-tiger-moth-k4259-g-anmo-%E2%80%98royal-mail%E2%80%99-livery-for-awx-dh82/
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrewsfield_Aerodrome

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

30 July 1972	G-ANMO	Colin Goodman	0	Weston-Super-Mare Airfield, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset		sub
Mid-air collision
26 August 2021	G-ANMO	Aero Legends	0	Headcorn Aerodrome, Ashford, Kent		sub
Collision with pole or wires

Sywell Airfield (EGBK), Sywell, Northamptonshire, UK - 11th September 2010

De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth II reg G-ANMO (displaying RAF markings K4259) pic.twitter.com/sLKMHioPV0

— Ron Eisele (@ron_eisele) June 30, 2018

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Aug-2008 13:49	JINX	Added
05-Dec-2014 15:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
18-Aug-2016 16:19	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source]
26-Apr-2020 17:03	Peter Clarke	Updated [Photo]
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