ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 247404
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 July 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 11 RFS RAF |
| Registration: | NM154 |
| MSN: | 86474 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Perth/Scone Airfield, New Scone, Perth, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Perth/Scone Airport, New Scone, Perth (PSL/EGPT) |
| Perth/Scone Airport, New Scone, Perth (PSL/EGPT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, MSN 86474; Taken on charge as NM154, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 7.2.44. However placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford, for erection [undated, but probably in 8.45]. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 8.9.45. To 11 RFS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 21.6.51
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17.7.51 when 'cartwheeled' due to being blown off the runway and into the bushes on landing at RAF Perth/Scone Airfield, New Scone, Perth, Scotland, in conditions of strong gusty sidewinds. No reported injuries to the crew, but the aircraft was deemed as damaged beyond economic repair, and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(G/I).
To 63 MU RAF Carluke and converted to instructional airframe 6877M on 10.8.51. Issued as an instructional airframe to RAF Manby. Struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) 8.12.52.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.116 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.159
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p864.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Airport,_Scotland#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2021 23:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Feb-2021 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2021 13:13 | Paco | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2021 16:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Oct-2021 22:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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