ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267372
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 December 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 2 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | DG524 |
| MSN: | DHA.248 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 miles from Zabeli, near Jodhpur, Rajasthan -
 India
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (JDH/VIJO) |
| RAF Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (JDH/VIJO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHA.248 (Gipsy Major #36): Built by DH Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Shipped 1.41 to RAF Depot, Karachi. Civil Registered in India as VT-APL 14.5.41 to Goverment of India; operated by 2 EFTS Jodhpur. Impressed into military service as DG524 on 29.5.41 at 2 EFTS Jodhpur. (Indian civilian registration VT-APL belatedly cancelled 12.3.43)
Written off (destroyed) when struck a tree in a practice forced landing, 10 miles from Zabeli, near Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India on 17.12.46; The instructor was demonstrating a practice forced landing to the student pilot, but allowed the aircraft to 'drift' and strike a tree. The subsequent Board of Inquiry discovered that the Instructor Pilot had become distracted by a herd of deer on the ground immediately ahead of the Tiger Moth, and that he was paying attention to them, rather than concentrating on a safe climb out when overshooting from the practice forced landing.
Struck off charge as Cat.E2(FA) 30.1.47
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1978)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.257
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-1.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus2.html
7. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2021 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Sep-2021 08:38 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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