Date:	Sunday 17 August 2003
Time:	13:35
Type:	de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	CFG Flying Ltd
Registration:	G-AHIZ
MSN:	86533
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Woburn Abbey, Woburn, Bedfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Teversham, Cambridge (EGSC)
Destination airport:	Woburn Abbey, Woburn, Bedfordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86533; First flown 29.3.44. Taken on charge as PG624 by The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Witney, Oxfordshire 31.3.44 for modifications; on charge CRD (Controller of Research & Development) Air Ministry as ‘hack’ [by/on 30.8.45]. Never saw any operational RAF service. Presumed struck off charge by RAF on 21.6.47 as part of post-war census.

UK civil registrered as G-AHIZ (C of R 10097/1) 23.4.46 to The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd; later operated by London Aeroplane Club, Panshanger, Hertfordshire. Originally registered with part no. 2925; then registered with frame no.4610; it is the latter, the frame number, which appears to this day on the aircraft's record card instead of the official MSN86533. C of A 7693 issued 1.5.46.

Damaged in forced landing with engine failure ¾ mile North of Knebworth, Hertfordshire 13.7.46; repaired and returned to service. Registration cancelled 10.1.48 and re-registerd (C of R 10097/2) 22.1.48 to The London Aero Club Ltd (London Aeroplane Club), Panshanger, Hertfordshire. Badly damaged at Panshanger, Herfordshire 6.5.48; repaired and returned to service. Damaged in heavy landing at Panshanger, Hertfordshire 9.6.48; repaired and returned to service.

Badly damaged in forced landing with engine failure near Panshanger, Hertfordshire 29.6.49. C of R amended 9.11.50 as R3052/2. Repaired and C of A renewed 7.2.52. Sold 1.56 and re-registered (C of R R3052/3) 17.3.56 to William Frederick Arthur Ison, Cyril Edward Rowe & Donald Jackson, trustees of the assets of the Cambridge Private Flying Group, Cambridge. Registration cancelled 18.11.59 and re-registered (C of R R3052/4) 19.11.59 to Donald Jackson & William Frederick Arthur Ison, trustees of the assets of the Cambridge Private Flying Group, Cambridge.

Overturned taxying at Teversham, Cambridge 2.8.64; repaired and returned to service. Registration cancelled and re-registered (C of R G-AHIZ/R5) 18.8.75 to CFG Flying Ltd, Cambridge.

Substantially damaged in a landing accident at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire 17.4.2003: according to the AAIB Report into the incident:

"The pilot, who was leading a formation of similar types to land on grass Runway 01, experienced a tailwind and sink during the approach and decided to execute a go-around. He repositioned for a curved final approach to reciprocal Runway 19 (surface wind 145º/10 - 14 kt), which had a crosswind component of approximately 10 kt. He was aware of one marked post and a tree on the approach but whilst avoiding these, just prior to touchdown, the aircraft hit another post with its lower right wing.

The aircraft landed without further incident and taxied to the parking area where it was shut down. The pilot had limited experience of short field landings and reported that he was concentrating on the position of other aircraft in his formation who were landing behind him.

Damage to airframe: Lower right wing spar broken"

Repaired and returned to service. Currently airworthy (as at 30.1.2022) and based at Teversham, Cambridge.

1. AAIB Bulletin No: 11/2003 Ref: EW/G2003/08/27 Category: 1.3: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ef0b40f0b6134200021b/dft_avsafety_pdf_025519.pdf
2. CAA History of G-AHIZ 1946-75: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHIZ-1.pdf
3. CAA History of G-AHIZ 1975 to date: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHIZ-2.pdf
4. https://www.flyvintage.co.uk/history-archives
5. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AHIZ/850810
6. Tiger Moth G-AHIZ various photos 1952-2019: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AHIZ?f=&sort=date_taken_formatted&order=asc
7. Tiger Moth G-AHIZ at Old Warden, Bedfordshiure (EGTH) in April 1980: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/331868/G-AHIZ
8. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-ahiz
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Warden_Aerodrome
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woburn_Abbey#1970s_to_present

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Jan-2008 05:24	JINX	Added
11-Dec-2012 07:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
04-Mar-2014 04:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative]
01-Feb-2022 01:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
01-Feb-2022 01:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
01-Feb-2022 01:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]