Incident de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth CR-AGG,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305651
 
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Date:Saturday 28 July 1962
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:Aero Clube de Moçambique
Registration: CR-AGG
MSN: 86261
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Inhaca Airport, Inhaca Island -   Mozambique
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Lourenço Marques Airport, Maputo, Mozambique (LUM/FQMA)
Destination airport:Inhaca Airport, Inhaca Island, Mozambique (IHC/FQIA)
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86261: Taken on charge as NL802 at 222 MU High Ercall, Shropshire 8.9.43 and shipped to Portugal 19.9.43 on the s.s "Empire Moonrise"; arrived 7.10.43. To Portuguese Navy as "T-17" and operated by Centro Aeronaval de Sao Jacinto, Aveiro. Sold off and civil registered CR-AGG (by 1961) to Aero Clube de Moçambique, Maputo, Mozambique.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing (due to pilot error) 28.7.62 at Inhaca Airport, Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Inhaca Island is a subtropical island of Mozambique off the East African coast. The main village is Inhaca, situated just over a kilometer from Inhaca Airport. Inhaca Airport (IATA: IHC, ICAO: FQIA) is an airport near Inhaca, a town on Inhaca Island, in the Maputo Province in Mozambique. It is located across Maputo Bay from the country's capital city of Maputo.

Sources:

1. Voando em Moçambique
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p862.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhaca_Airport

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