ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300998
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| Date: | Saturday 14 May 2022 |
| Time: | 15:15 UTC |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AXAN |
| MSN: | 85951 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Private Farm Strip, near Duxford, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Private Farm Strip, near Duxford, Cambridgeshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AXAN was written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 May 2022 in a landing accident at a Private Farm Strip, near Duxford, Cambridgeshire. The AAIB Final Report into the incident was published on 10 November 2022, and the following is an excerpt from the report...
"AAIB investigation to DH82A Tiger Moth, G-AXAN
Left landing gear failed on touchdown and aircraft nosed over, private farm strip, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 14 May 2022.
Following a normal approach to grass Runway 22 at a private farm strip near Duxford, the pilot reported that the touchdown felt unusual, and the aircraft bounced. It then landed in a three-point attitude and came to a sudden stop, resulting in the aircraft nosing over and becoming inverted. Both occupants were uninjured and exited the aircraft without assistance.
Inspection of the aircraft and runway showed that the left wheel had touched down in soft ground, causing the landing gear to fail at the lower fork end fitting on the compression leg
The pilot had walked the runway several times prior to the flight to check the ground conditions and identified several areas of soft ground at the side of the runway but considered the conditions adequate. The pilot considered it unfortunate that the aircraft had touched down in an isolated area of soft ground.
The pilot provided a diagram of the accident site and ground marks which shows a depression in the grass surface coincident with the left wheel striking the ground, followed by a long narrow ground mark caused by the lower fork end fitting of the compression leg.
= AAIB Comment=
Examination of the left landing gear showed damage consistent with a hard landing having occurred, either on the accident flight or at some point in the past. It was not possible to determine whether any pre-existing defect or failure, for example relating to braking loads, may have contributed to the failure. Nonetheless, the design approval holder was keen to draw attention to the warning in TNS 22 relating to the fitment of wheel brakes."
=Damage Sustained to airframe=
Per the above AAIB Report "Aircraft destroyed"
Sources:
1. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63469a928fa8f534695f39a4/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_G-AXAN_11-22.pdf
2. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-axan
3. https://planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AXAN/979716?seo=DH-82A+Tiger+Moth_Amanda+Jane+Harrison
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 2009 | G-AXAN | David Firth & Sheila Ann Firth | 0 | Sandtoft Airfield, Belton Road, Epworth, Belton, Lincolnshire | |
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Media:
The AAIB November 2022 Monthly Bulletin has been published:https://t.co/1Ah0RWw7QE#Aviation #AviationSafety pic.twitter.com/JPWe7M2LE3
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) November 10, 2022
Tiger Moth G-AXAN at Duxford 26 August 2021Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2022 16:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Nov-2022 16:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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