ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 424
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 February 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | NLS - Nationale Luchtvaartschool |
| Registration: | PH-UCD |
| MSN: | 83639 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ypenburg Airport, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Ypenburg Airport, Den Haag (The Hague) Netherlands(EHYB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 83639; Taken on charge by the RAF as T7173 at 39 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 31.7.40. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 29.12.40. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 25.7.45.
Struck off charge when sold 10.5.46 to Airwork Ltd, Hounslow. UK civil registered as G-AHYR (C of R 10462/1) 17.7.46 to Airwork Ltd, Heston, Middelsex. Registration G-AHYR cancelled 15.10.46 as 'sold abroad'. C of A 8307 issued 17.10.46.
Re-registered in Holland as PH-UCD (C of R 497) 13.11.46 to NV Nationale Luchtvaartschool [NLS], Ypenburg Airport, Den Haag (The Hague). New C of R No 71 issued 1.10.49.
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when blown over by taxying B-25 at Ypenburg Airport, Leidschenveen-Ypenburg, Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands 27.2.52. According to a rough translation from Dutch into English of the official Board of Inquiry accident report (see link #1 for the original Dutch text):
"27.02.1952
PH-UCD
de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth 83639
Ypenburg
Was blown over by the propeller wind of a test running B-25 Mitchell, the 2-3. The Tiger had to be written off. This accident prompted the Board to conduct an investigation into the day-to-day running of Ypenburg. It turned out to be quite disorderly"
Registration PH-UCD cancelled 31.3.53 as withdrawn from use.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1952.htm#PH-UCD
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p836.html
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHYR.pdf
6. https://www.hdekker.info/registermap/TWEEDE.htm
7. https://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MU.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypenburg_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Apr-2012 05:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2014 17:59 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2021 21:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 02-Oct-2021 21:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2021 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 16:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Jun-2022 04:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 03:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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