Date:	Sunday 8 July 2001
Time:	12:59 UTC
Type:	de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Trustees of the J J Flying Group
Registration:	G-AOJJ
MSN:	85877
Year of manufacture:	1942
Engine model:	De Havilland Gipsy Major 1C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Goodwood Airfield, Chichester, West Sussex (EGHR) -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester (EGHR)
Destination airport:	Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester (EGHR)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85877; Taken on charge as DF128, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton 25.9.42. However placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley. Oxford for erection 10.2.44. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 24.2.44. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 14.2.45. To 6 RFS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 26.6.47 coded “RCO-U”. [Recorded as Cat 3R “engine wastage” 28.5.50]. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 19.11.51 for long-term stroage pending disposal.

Struck off charge when sold 5.10.53 to Association of British Aero Clubs. UK civil registered G-AOJJ (C of R R.5309/1) 5.4.56 to Thomas Hutton Marshall, t/a Christchurch Aero Club, Christchurch. C of A issued 4.5.56. Registration cancelled 10.8.60 and re-registered (C of R R.5309/2) 17.8.60 to The Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd, Thruxton, Andover, Hampshire. Registration cancelled 9.3.63 and re-registered (C of R R.5309/3) 29.3.62 to Robert William D’Acre Hardy, Henry Wallace Wilson & John Vipond Campbell, trustees of the assets of the Calleva Flying Group, Thruxton, Andover, Hampshire. Badly damaged when spun into the ground on landing at Thruxton, Andover, Hampshire 9.11.63 in bad weather; pilot Alan Stokes uninjured. Withdrawn from use and placed into storage with Arthur Christian, Walkeridge Farm, Overton (noted present 5.67 and again in 7.67).

Registration cancelled 22.10.73 and re-registered (C of R R.5309/4) 19.11.74 to Maurice William Robinson, Farnborough, Hampshire. Registration cancelled and re-registered (C of R G-AOJJ/R5) on 22.10.76 to Edward (Ted) Lay, Bishops Manor Farm, Harwell, Oxfordshire. Rebuilt initially by Joe Austin, Woodlands Park, Berkshire, completed by Ted Lay. C of A renewed 5.7.85; now painted in 1947-period RAF colours as DF128 “RCO-U” and based Luxters Farm, Hambledon, Hampshire [also based at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire]. Sustained minor damage to propeller 28.8.89 when struck by Tiger Moth G-AJHS at West Malling Airfield, Maidstone, Kent; Tiger Moth G-AJHS came off worst in the encounter (see link #5)

Re-registered (C of R G-AOJJ/R6) 23.8.95 to Edward Lay & Kathleen Mary Lay, Bishops Manor Farm, Harwell, Oxfordshire [also based at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire]. Re-registered (C of R G-AOJJ/R7) 20.5.98 to Edward Lay & Trevor John Pegram, trustees of the assets of the J J Flying Group, White Waltham.

Badly damaged when struck parked PA-38 G-BGRK on take-off Goodwood 8.7.2001; according to the AAIB Report into the incident...

"The pilot was taking off from Runway 32 at Goodwood with the surface wind reported as 260° at 10 kt. During the ground run the pilot had some difficulty in keeping the aircraft straight and, as the speed increased, the aircraft drifted to the right side of the runway.

In order to avoid contact with the runway edge boards and having what appeared to be sufficient airspeed the pilot rotated the aircraft off the runway. As the aircraft became airborne a gust of wind raised the left (upwind) wing and the aircraft turned to the right towards some rows of parked aircraft. With the aircraft barely climbing, the pilot checked the airspeed, which indicated 45 kt.

He maintained the aircraft attitude in order to try and climb clear of the parked aircraft. The pilot could not abort the take-off due to the parked aircraft below and he was unable to turn steeply left due to his low height. With full power applied, the aircraft was not climbing, possibly due to a downwind component, and in order to avoid a hangar which was immediately ahead, the pilot turned to the right. This resulted in the right wing contacting the ground followed by the nose. The aircraft also struck the wing of a parked aircraft and somersaulted forwards coming to rest inverted. The pilot and passenger were evacuated without injury.

The pilot concluded that in an effort to avoid the obstacles to his right he had attempted to climb away too early with the crosswind, which may have been gusting. He considered that he should have requested the use of Runway 28".

Repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 16.10.2001 to Edward Lay & Kathleen Mary Lay, Bishops Manor Farm, Harwell, Oxfordshire. C of A replaced by Permit to Fly 29.6.2012. Re-registered 29.10.2012 to Edward Lay & Trevor John Pegram, trustees of the J J Flying Group, Bishops Manor Farm, Harwell, Oxfordshire. Re-registered 24.1.20 (solely) to Trevor John Pegram, trustee of the J J Flying Group, Bishops Manor Farm, Harwell, Oxfordshire/White Waltham, Berskhire. Currently registered.

1. Royal Air Force aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.19)
2. CAA History of G-AOJJ 1956-60: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOJJ-1.pdf
3. CAA History of G-AOJJ 1960-76: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOJJ-1.pdf
4. AAIB Bulletin No: 9/2001 Ref: EW/G2001/07/09;
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/de-havilland-dh82a-tiger-moth-g-aojj-8-july-2001
5. AAIB Report ref accident 28.8.1989: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230419ed915d1374000be3/DH82A_Tiger_Moth__G-AOJJ_and_DH82A_Tiger_Moth__G-AJHS__12-89.pdf
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
8. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?99053-Tigermoth-DF128-G-AOJJ
9. G-AOJJ various photos 1956-2019: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AOJJ?f=&sort=date_taken_formatted&order=asc
10. https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=64440
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester/Goodwood_Airport

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Sep-2008 13:06	JINX	Added
24-Nov-2012 23:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
24-May-2013 17:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative]
13-Mar-2020 17:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
29-Jan-2022 18:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]