Date:	Sunday 19 June 1960
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Doggett Aviation & Engineering Co, Maylands
Registration:	VH-DAO
MSN:	82775
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Goomalling, WA -   Australia
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Goomalling, WA
Destination airport:

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-DAO, Doggett Aviation & Engineering Co, Maylands, Perth, WA: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed due to engine failure at Goomalling, WA 19.6.60. Aircraft was invovled in agricultural (crop spraying/top dressing) operations at the time. According to the summary from the DCA Report into the incident

"The aircraft struck the ground when the pilot allowed a stall to develop during a slow steep turn at low level".

Ex-R4843 (RAF Serial), VH-AHN. Registrsation VH-DAO cancelled 12.10.63

Goomalling is a townsite in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 45 kilometres north-north-east of Northam, Western Australia.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://airwaysmuseum.com/Downloads/DCA%20accident%20reports%201956%20to%201968%20v2.pdf
3. As VH-DAO 1959-1960: https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/14756:vh-dao-1
4. As VH-AHN 1947-1959: https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/9564:vh-ahn-1
5. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa/VH-AHN%281%29.html
6. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-DAO.html
7. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17d.htm
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p827.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goomalling,_Western_Australia

c/no. 82775 (Gipsy Major #82650): Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Toc as R4843 at 4 MU Cowley and shipped direct to Australia 6.3.40 on SS Port Halifax. Toc by RAAF 1.6.40 retaining RAAF serial. To 1 EFTS Parafield 8.7.40. To 9 EFTS Cunderdin 1.1.41. For sale from 86 OBU Cunderdin 2.46 & 6.46.

Sold 9.12.46 to Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, Perth. Regd VH-AHN 3.4.47 to Royal Aero Club of Western Australia, Maylands. Damaged while engaged in air pageant practice Kalgoorlie 19.8.50; repaired. Reported as fatal crash Rottnest Island, WA 14.1.51; also as badly damaged in crash into tree Caversham, 12 ml N of Perth, prior to 8.8.52; repaired. Regd 24.7.57 to Doggett Aviation & Engineering Co, Maylands. Registered as VH-DAO 15.6.59 to same owner.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed due to engine failure at Goomalling, WA 19.6.60. Registration VH-DAO cancelled 12.10.63.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-May-2025 07:39	Dr. John Smith	Added