ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66073
Last updated: 13 September 2020
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| Date: | 04-JUL-1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Westwick Distributors Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APFS |
| C/n / msn: | 3741 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ashmore Hall Farm, Wickham Market, Woodbridge, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Ludham, Norfolk |
The airoraft was making a low-level run across a field to indicate to the ground marker man the direction of the intended spraying runs. Half way across the field the pilot sighted a line of telephone wires which had not been noticed during the previous ground and in-flight inspections. He took evasive action to fly under the wires but a wingtip struck the ground and the aircraft turned over.
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APFS-2.pdf
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1058618/
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p037.htm
Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1963 / CAA
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2009 23:28 | VHKDK | Added |
| 18-Mar-2012 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2012 19:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Departure airport] |
| 04-Jun-2012 13:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 27-May-2015 16:05 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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