Date:	Wednesday 11 June 1958
Time:	18:50 LT
Type:	de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	NLS - Nationale Luchtvaartschool
Registration:	PH-UDE
MSN:	DHP.26
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Groningen-Eelde Airport, Drenthe -   Netherlands
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Banner and glider towing
Departure airport:	Groningen-Eelde Airport (GRQ/EHGG)
Destination airport:	Groningen-Eelde Airport (GRQ/EHGG)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN D.H.P.26 (Possibly built up from spares - but see note below); First UK civil registrered [C of R 11673/1] 3.7.47 as G-AJXJ to W A Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK Civi registration G-AJXJ cancelled 10.7.47 as "sold abroad". CofR no: 559 issued 11.7.47.

Re-registered 9.8.47 as PH-UDE to the Rijksluchtvaartschool, Ypenburg. Damaged in a forced landing at Ypenburg 16.9.47; reapired and returned to service. Damaged in an emergency landing near Oosterhout 5.2.49; repaired and returned to service.

Re-registered 1.10.49 on 3rd Dutch Civil Register. C of R no: 115; crashed into trees 12.3.52 near Rijnsaterwoude and damaged. Repaired and returned to service. Damaged 26.7.53 in a forced-landing at Ypenburg; repaired and returned to service. Fitted with Gipsy Major #engine 98025 during repaired. This engine removed 11.52 and replaced by Gipsy Major engine #88787. Damaged 14.11.53 in a forced-landing at Ypenburg; repaired and returned to service.

Damaged 28.8.54 in a collision on the ground while taxying at Ypenburg with PH-NBP and damaged. Repaired and returned to service. Damaged 31.7.57 in a collision on the ground at Amerland with a sheep; repaired and returned to service.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11.6.58 when crashed at Groningen-Eelde Airport, Province of Drenthe, 4.8 nautical miles South of Groningen, Netherlands; Aircraft stalled in a turn, hit the ground with its left wing, and nosed over. According to a rough translation from Dutch into English of the accident report (see link #2 for the original Dutrch text):

"11.06.1958
PH-UDE de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth 3180
Groningen-Elede

NNAC gliders were being towed and the pilot returned to refuel first. During the final approach, he thought he was going too far past the gas pump with his runout and he decided to go around one more time.

He flew another circuit at a very low altitude. Before entering the last left turn, he pulled the plane up slightly and closed the throttle. He paid no attention to his speedometer. After the turn, the aircraft sank and slammed into the ground, left wing first, then came to rest on its back.

After this accident (and that of the PH-UDY on 20.5.58) the use of NLS aircraft for glider towing purposes was prohibited."

Registration PH-UDE cancelled 18.7.58 and the aircraft was scrapped.

NOTE: According to two published sources (see links #2 & #3) PH-UDE (ex-G-AJXJ) was built in Portgual by OGMA (Oficinas Gerais de Material Aeronautico) for the Portugese Air Force (Aeronauticas Militar) with the MSN "P26". It is believed that 91 examples were built, with "known" MSNs in the range P01 to P91. It is therefore possible that Rollasons sourced MSN P26 from this OGMA built batch of airframes in 1947.

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJXJ.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pPor.html
4. https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1958.htm
5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/d90boy/6022221315/
6. https://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MU.htm
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pPor.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_Airport_Eelde#1950s .

Tiger Moth PH-UDE of Nationale Luchtvaart School (NLS) at Schipol Airport, Amsterdam on 20.4.54. Note triangular modified "Fokker" tailfin and rudder in place of the standard "ear shaped" fin and rudder:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jan-2008 10:00	ASN archive	Added
18-Mar-2012 23:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
04-Jun-2019 15:50	Cobar	Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2021 13:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
27-Nov-2021 13:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2021 13:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
27-Nov-2021 13:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative]
11-Jun-2022 05:42	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, Location]