Date:	Friday 27 December 1963
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Tumut Aero Club
Registration:	VH-AGK
MSN:	DHA.24
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Adelong, Riverina Region, NSW -   Australia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Adelong, Riverina Region, NSW
Destination airport:	Tumut Airport, Riverina Region, NSW (TUM/YTMU)

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-AGK, Tumut Aero Club: Written off (destroyed) when crashed (ground looped) on takeoff at Adelong, Riverina, NSW 27.12.63. According to the summary of the DCA Report into the incident:

"The pilot did not discontinue the take-off when the aircraft swung off the strip and it ground-looped."

Registration VH-AGK cancelled 27.12.63.

Adelong is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, on the banks of the Adelong Creek. Adelong sits on the Snowy Mountains Highway and is a part of the Snowy Valleys Council.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17a.htm
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus0.html
4. https://airwaysmuseum.com/Downloads/DCA%20accident%20reports%201956%20to%201968%20v2.pdf
5. https://tumutaeroclub.org.au/about/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelong,_New_South_Wales
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumut_Airport

de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth c/no. DHA.24: (Gipsy Major #86218). Taken on charge by the RAAF as A17-28 at 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 21.6.40. To 5 EFTS Narromine, NSW 12.7.40. Damaged when struck by Tiger Moth A17-29 which overturned by wind gust at RAAF Narromine, NSW 24.7.40; repaired and returned to service. Damaged on landing at 5 EFTS Narromine satellite airfield 6.1.43 (Pilot: Pilot Officer P K Wendt & pupil pilot under instruction injured); to De Havilland Australia at Mascot, Sydney, NSW for repairs 12.1.43; to 2 Aircraft Park 26.2.43 after repairs completed. To 8 EFTS Narrandera, NSW 28.2.43. To 11 EFTS RAAF Benalla, Victoria 29.12.44; withdrawn from service to storage reserve 7.5.45. To Care & Maintenance Unit RAAF Benalla, Victoria 1.3.46 for long-term storage pending disposal; put up for sale 7.6.46.

Sold 6.9.46 to Association of Australian Aero Clubs for £100; issued 21.9.46. Australian civil registered as VH-AGK (C of R 2012) 22.6.53 to Dr George A M Heydon, Rose Bay; operated by Royal Aero Club of NSW, Bankstown, Sydney. Re-registered in 1955 to Goulburn Aero Club, Goulburn, NSW. Re-registered 9.2.60 to Tumut Aero Club, Tumut, NSW.

Written off (destroyed) when crashed (ground looped) on takeoff at Adelong, Riverina, NSW 27.12.63 as per the above. Registration VH-AGK cancelled 27.12.63.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Mar-2025 06:55	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Mar-2025 06:57	ASN	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Apr-2025 09:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]