ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63904
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| Date: | Thursday 7 April 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Checketts Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AZP |
| MSN: | 84153 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Taieri Mouth, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Taieri, Dunedin, New Zealand (NZTI) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 84153: Taken on charge as T6020, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 22.1.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Archer Crowley Ltd, Oxford; to Morris Motors for erection 29.6.41. To 1 EFTS RAF Hatfield. Hertfordshire 22.7.41. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 15.11.41. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minichinhampton, Gloucestershire 10.10.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 29.3.51 to Aerocontacts Ltd, Gatwick. UK civil registered as G-AMMT (C of R R3428/1) 11.10.51 to Willis Hole Aviation Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. C of A A3428 issued 5.12.51. Registration G-AMMT cancelled 29.1.52 as "sold aboard (New Zealand)".
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AZP 15.5.52 to Air & Mercantile Ltd. C of A issued 10.6.52. Re-registered 24.6.52 to M.T. Vanderpump, t/a Vanair, Hastings. Re-registered 16.3.55 to Checketts Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Dunedin.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into fence on take-off Kuri Bush, near Taieri Mouth, Brighton 7.4.55; Pilot R A Coulter. To Dunedin for repairs but presumed not completed. Registration ZK-AZP cancelled 3.12.58.
Taieri Mouth is a small fishing village at the mouth of the Taieri River, New Zealand.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMMT.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taieri_Mouth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Jul-2009 19:50 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Oct-2013 20:22 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 19-Oct-2021 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 20-Oct-2021 12:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2022 20:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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