Date:	Saturday 4 February 2017
Time:	11:50 UTC
Type:	de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Douglas Aviation
Registration:	G-ANSM
MSN:	82909
Year of manufacture:	1942
Engine model:	De Havilland Gipsy Major I
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Field close to A1 road near Peterborough Sibson airfield -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Peterborough/Sibson Airport (EGSP)
Destination airport:	Peterborough/Sibson Airport (EGSP)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ANSM: Aircraft suffered an engine problem close to Peterborough Sibson airfield. Made a forced landing in a field close to the main A1 Road and The Sibson Inn on the Great North Road. Aircraft came to a stop with its nose on the ground and its tail in the air causing minimal damage.

UPDATE: The official AAIB report into the accident was published on August 10, 2017, and attributed the cause of the mishap to a jammed rudder. According to the AAIB report:

"AAIB investigation to DH82A Tiger Moth, G-ANSM
Forced landing due to jammed rudder, near Sibson Airport, Cambridgeshire, 4 February 2017.

Shortly after takeoff from Runway 06 at Peterborough Sibson Airport, the radio operator on the ground informed the pilot that the aircraft’s baggage locker appeared unlatched. The pilot reported that he decided to return to land, but as he attempted to recover from a left turn, he found he could not move the rudder to the right. He added, the best flight path he could achieve was a flat left turn as any addition of power made the situation worse due to the effect of the propeller slipstream. He descended the aircraft in a left turn and made a forced landing in a field. The aircraft sustained significant damage, but neither occupant was injured and they were able to vacate the aircraft without assistance.

The pilot reported that the rudder operated normally when tested later and that nothing was missing from the baggage locker. No reason for the rudder jam could be identified."

=Damage sustained to airframe=
Per the AAIB report "Significant" damage was sustained. On rebuild by Matthew Boddington/Ian Castle at Sywell, Northamptonshire [February 2021]. Currently registered, having accumulated a total of 5835 flying hours as at 31.12.2011. However, a "no flight declaration" was issued on this aircraft on 18 July 2023

1. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/595e3f8240f0b60a40000125/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_G-ANSM_08-17.pdf
2. G-ANSM history 1954-1961: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANSM-1.pdf
3. G-ANSM history 1961-1981: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANSM-2.pdf
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35677811
5. https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/light-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-in-field-near-a1-1-7807054
6. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-ANSM.html
7. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=103084&sid=2996bba4020666e452fdc33100b58209
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough/Sibson_Airfield

Taken on charge as R5014 at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 7.3.40. To RAF Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 21.9.40. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Surrey 27.11.40. Crashed 27.6.45; to repair unit; to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 10.10.45. To 6 FTS RAF Tern hill, Shropshire 17.9.47 coded \"FBI-Z\". To RAF Hemswell. Lincolnshire 1.7.49. To 9 MU RAF Cosford 22.2.54. Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) and sold as components and scrap 25.6.54 to L.P Griffiths, Elmdon. Birmingham.

Civil registered as G-ANSM (C of R R4613) 3.6.54 to Lyndon Poynton Griffiths, c/o Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd, Bitteswell. C of A issued 20.3.55. Registration cancelled 28.7.55 and re-registered 2.8.55 to Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club Ltd, Whitchurch (later Lulsgate), Bristol. Reportedly operated by Clifton Flying Group, Lulsgate. Registration cancelled 1.10.61 and re-registered 16.10.61 to Thomas Richard Kerrison Davey, Bitton, Gloucestershire; operated by Somerset & Devon Gliding Club, Dunkeswell (later North Hill), Devon.

Sold June 1968 (but not notified to the CAA until 9.6.70). Damaged in heavy landing Exeter 3.5.70; repaired. Re-registered 31.7.70 to Devon & Somerset Gliding Club Ltd, North Hill, Devon. Undercarriage strut sheared on take-off North Hill 20.4.71; landed at Exeter; repaired. Delivered 5.6.71; registration cancelled 2.7.71 and re-registered 26.8.71 to Torbay Aviation Ltd [Keith Fordyce] and displayed at Torbay Aircraft Museum, Higher Blagdon in non-airworthy state.

On rebuild at Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 1978. Sold for rebuild [early 1980]; at Little Gransden [July 1980]. Registration cancelled 13.5.81 and re-registered 17.6.81 to Malcolm Raymond Vest, Taunton & David Philip Albion Bindon, Ilminster (based at Dunkeswell, Devon). C of A renewed 29.4.82. Registered 4.12.85 to John William Davy & Adrian John Davy, Brampton (based Carlisle). Registered 26.7.88 to James Leslie Bond, Haywards Heath (based Redhill, Surrey). Registered 30.5.2001 to Roger Maxwell Kimbell, Kettering; for operation by Northamptonshire School of Flying, Sywell. Re-registered 2.6.2003 to Northamptonshire School of Flying Ltd, Sywell, Northamptonshire. Damaged in heavy landing Sibson 27.6.2005; repaired at Langham September 2005.

Re-registered 16.10.2007 to Modi Aviation Ltd, Sibson. Re-registered 23.7.2009 to Peter Douglas George Grist, t/a Douglas Aviation, Stamford (based Sibson). C of A lapsed 28.8.14; overhauled at Sywell and C of A renewed 17.6.2016. Badly damaged in forced landing after take-off Sibson when rudder jammed 4.2.2017 (as per above AAIB Report). On rebuild by Matthew Boddington/Ian Castle at Sywell, Northamptonshire [February 2021]. Currently registered, having accumulated a total of 5835 flying hours as at 31.12.2011. However, a \"no flight declaration\" was issued on this aircraft on 18 July 2023, which implies that G-ANSM has not flown since the incident on 4.2.2017.

Tiger Moth G-ANSM at Croydon Airport Society Display and Redhill Open Day, Redhill, 28 June 1992

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Feb-2017 09:29	Hog	Added
07-Feb-2017 16:32	Geno	Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source]
09-Feb-2017 00:47	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
09-Feb-2017 00:48	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location]
09-Feb-2017 00:51	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source]
10-Aug-2017 17:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Aug-2017 17:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
15-May-2024 07:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
15-May-2024 07:30	ASN	Updated [Operator]