Incident de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth ZS-BYY,
ASN logo
ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305725
 
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.

Date:Saturday 29 April 1950
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:African Flying Services
Registration: ZS-BYY
MSN: N/K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Groot Marico, Transvaal, North West Province -   South Africa
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN not known, but reportedly built by DH Australia as Mascot Sydney, NSW. (Therefore possibly ex-SAAF). Registered 1948 to African Flying Services

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29.4.50 when crashed at Groot Marico, Transvaal, South Africa. Groot Marico is a hamlet in the North West Province of South Africa.

Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groot_Marico

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
5 June 1947 DG536 Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) 0 Jodhpur Airfield, Jodhpur, Rajasthan w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates

Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description

The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:

CONNECT WITH US: FSF on social media FSF Facebook FSF Twitter FSF Youtube FSF LinkedIn FSF Instagram

©2024 Flight Safety Foundation

1920 Ballenger Av, 4th Fl.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
www.FlightSafety.org