Date:	Wednesday 6 April 1949
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	22 FTS RAF
Registration:	NM141
MSN:	86461
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Old Surrey, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth MSN 86461; Taken on charge as NM141 at 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumberland 5.2.44, coded “63”, later “FIJ-Z”. To 22 SFTS RAF Syerston, Flintham, Newark, Nottinghamshire 8.1.48; renamed 22 FTS 2.2.48, coded “FCK-C”.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.4.49 when stalled and crashed during forced landing at Old Surrey, Basford, Nottinghamshire. The pilot overshot the intended landing spot, and made a turn to starboard as the aircraft climbed away. However, the aircraft stalled and dived into the ground.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.495
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p864.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. 22 FTS ORB for the period 1.2.48 to 31.12.50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1820: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101530
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Syerston#Post-war_use

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