ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239554
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| Date: | Friday 6 May 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Real Aero Club de Baleares |
| Registration: | EC-AMF |
| MSN: | 84155 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Can Pastilla, near Palma, Mallorca (Majorca), Balearic Islands -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Palma de Mallorca Airport, Palma (PMI/LEPA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth MSN 84155. Built by Morris Motors Ltd., Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge by the RAF as T6022, nominally at 15 MU Wroughton 23.1.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Archer Crowley Ltd, Oxford; returned to Morris for erection [undated, but probably August 1941]. To 20 EFTS RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire 20.8.41. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 14.2.42. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 30.1.46. To 2 Grading Unit, RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire 26.8.52. Ferried back to 9 MU RAF Cosford 10.3.53 for stoage pending disposal.
Struck off Charge when sold 4.11.53 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. Registered G-ANOX (C of R R4492/1) 8.3.54 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon. C of A issued 25.3.54. Registration G-ANOX cancelled 21.4.54 and re-registered (C of R R4492/2) on 26.4.54 to R.K. Dundas Ltd, London SW1 (aircraft based at Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire) and delivered 5.4.54 to Rudolfo Bay, Madrid, Spain. UK Registration G-ANOX cancelled 26.10.55 as 'sold to Spain'.
Re-registered in Spain as EC-AMF 5.4.56 to G Hevia, c/o Real Aero Club de Baleares, Palma. Re-registered (by 1965) to Real Aero Club de Baleares, Palma.
Written off (destroyed) when Crashed near Can Pastilla, Palma, Mallorca (Majorca), Spain 6.5.66. Registration EC-AMF cancelled 18.3.69. The reported crash location of Palma de Mallorca Airport (Catalan: Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca; PMI/LEPA; also known as Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeroport de Son Sant Joan) is an international airport located 8 km (5.0 miles) east of Palma, Mallorca, Spain, adjacent to the village of Can Pastilla.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/spain/20090506.txt
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANOX.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. Tiger Moth EC-AMF at Son Bonet, Malloca, Spain (LESB) in 1964: http://www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=362654 (Spanish Text)
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palma_de_Mallorca_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2020 17:10 | harro | Added |
| 26-Jul-2021 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 28-Dec-2021 16:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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