ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33926
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 June 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya (FAU) |
| Registration: | E-611 |
| MSN: | 3614 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rio Branco Aerodrome, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo Department -
 Uruguay
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Rio Branco Aerodrome, Rio Branco, Uruguay (SURB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3614 (Gipsy Major #80146): C of A 6022 issued 21.8.37 to Uruguayan Ministry of War as '12'. Delivered to Montevideo by sea during 10.37. Erected and reflown 25.10.37; assigned to Military School of Aeronautics (EMAer), Pando. Re-serialled E-611 [by 9.41]
Overturned on take-off Rio Branco Aerodrome, Treinta y Tres 2.6.48. Both crew - Sergeant Edgardo Aramburu (pilot) and Private Artigas Noble (observer) slightly injured; not repaired, and struck off charge by/on 30.11.48.
According to a rough translation of a published Uruguyan source (see link #3) for the original Uruguyan text):
"A new and final task was reserved for the Tiger Moth: contraband control.
Common practice in the course of the country's history, the transit of undeclared cattle across the dry frontier with Brazil was at this time a preoccupying problem for the government, who decided on a series of prevention and control measures. Amongst these, Military Aeronautics was assigned the task of putting up an aerial patrol of the zone in question, using the Tiger Moths for this purpose in the first instance, with 2nd Lieut. Mario W. Parallada Military Aerodrome at Durazno as operational base.
On June 2nd [1948] E-611 overturned at the Río Branco Aerodrome when it lost power on take-off. Her pilot, Sgt. Edgardo Aramburu and Private Artigas Noble, the observer, escaped without injuries but the machine suffered serious structural damage.
At the end of November, by order of the DGAM, DH82As E-602, E-603 and E-611 together with the Waco JHD 301, which had an accident in Durazno in June 1947, were withdrawn from service".
The reported crash loction of Río Branco Airport (ICAO: SURB) is an airport serving the town of Río Branco in Cerro Largo Department, Uruguay. The runway is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of town
Sources:
1. http://www.aeroflight.com/waf/americas/uruguay/Uruguay-af-TigerMoth.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
3. http://www.pilotoviejo.com/historiatigermothen.htm
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Branco_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Mar-2012 10:19 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 02-Sep-2021 16:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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