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Date: | Monday 28 June 1965 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | NLS - Nationale Luchtvaartschool |
Registration: | PH-UFH |
MSN: | 84631 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bergse Voor Plas, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
Departure airport: | Teuge Airport,Teuge, Voorst, Netherlands (EHTE) |
Destination airport: | Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Rotterdam, Netherlands (RTM/EHRD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 84631; Taken on charge by the RAF as T6183 at 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumberland 21.5.41. To 17 EFTS RAF North Luffenham 31.5.41; to RAF Westwood, Peterborough 7.41. To 7 FIS (Flying Instructors School), RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire 2.6.42 [unconfirmed]. To 2 EFTS RAF Worcester 20.8.42; moved with unit to RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire 7.45. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 22.7.46. Transferred to Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm charge 3.10.46. To HMS Heron, RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset 30.4.48. To 727 Squadron, HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire [and used as instructional airframe?].
Struck off charge when sold from stroage at AHU RNAS Stretton in 2.51 to W A Rollason Ltd., Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-AMUO (C of R R3805/1) 16.9.52 to WA Rollason Ltd, Croydon. C of A issued 10.10.52. Registration G-AMUO cancelled 10.10.52 as 'sold abroad to Holland'.
Re-registered in the Netherlands as PH-UFH (CofR 311) 30.10.52 to NV Nationale Luchtvaartschool [NLS], Ypenberg.
Written off (destroyed) when ditched off Bergsplas, near Rotterdam, Nertherlands 28.6.65 after running out of fuel during a banner-towing sortie; pilot J Smit survived. According to a rough translartion from Dutch into English of the original accident report (see link #9 for the original Dutch text):
"28.06.1965 PH-UFH De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 84631
Bergse Plas
The pilot put a little too much faith in his fuel gauge; so there was too little fuel! After the advertising flight, the engine stopped prematurely and after dropping the tow he looked for a suitable emergency landing site.
However, it turned out none was available, and, at his wits' end, he put the Tiger Moth 'on the ground' into the waters of the Bergse Voor Plas, in about two meters deep of water.
Before the aircraft had sunk completely, he was able to transfer into a directly alongside to a boat that came to his aid, so that he didn't even get wet feet!"
Dutch registration PH-UFH cancelled 28.11.65 as "withdrawn from use". The aircraft was subsequently scrapped, due to prolonged immersion in salt water.
The Bergse Plassen are two peat lakes located between the northern Rotterdam suburbs of Schiebroek and Hillegersberg. They are each approximately 46 hectares in size and can be reached by boat from the Rotte via the Berg en Broeksche Verlaat .
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J .hAlley, Air Britain)
2. Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad 29-06-1965
3.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMUO.pdf 4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p846.html 6. Tiger Moth PH-UFH at Rotterdam (EHRD) in 1965:
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000709519.html 7. Tiger Moth PH-UFH at Hilversum (EHHV) in 1962:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1323822/ 8.
http://www.dutchtigermoth.com/PH-UFH/slides/PH-UFH%20DH82A%20DSC_0147.html 9.
https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1965.htm#PH-UFH 10.
https://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MU.htm 11.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergse_Plassen (Dutch wikipedia = Dutch text)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jan-2008 10:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
20-Apr-2012 13:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
03-Jun-2019 18:23 |
Cobar |
Updated [Date, Narrative] |
06-Jun-2019 08:44 |
Cobar |
Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Dec-2021 02:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
11-Jun-2022 09:03 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
13-Jun-2022 03:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |