ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203981
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| Date: | Monday 19 November 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Projects Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-ARD |
| MSN: | 82300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kereru, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Hastings (Bridge Pa) Aerodrome, Hawkes Bay (NZHS) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth NSN 82300 (Gipsy Major #82024); Built by de Havilland at Hatfield to Contract No.778402/38. Taken on charge by the RAF as N9183 at 27 MU, RAF Shawbury, Shropshire 6.9.39. To 36 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 15.1.40 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped on the s.s 'Somerset' to New Zealand 15.2.40. Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ855 at Unit 9, New Plymouth 19.4.40. With No.1 EFTS, Taieri 1942. With No.2 EFTS, Ashburton 1943-44. To Wigram [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal
Struck off charge when sold 2.5.47 at Wigram to J.M. Gould of Paraparaumu Flying School. New Zealand civil registered as ZK-ARD 17.9.48 to J.A. Frizzell, Wellington. Re-registered 24.2.49 to Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club. C of A issued 4.3.49. Re-registered 5.9.51 to Air Contracts Ltd, Masterton, and converted to topdresser. Sold to Aerial Projects Ltd, Hastings
Written off (destroyed) 19.11.51 when crashed at Poporangi Station, Kereru, about 35 km West of Hastings; Pilot, Mr Glen G. Earl, killed.
Mr Earl was giving an impromptu aerobatic display over a farm when control was lost and the agricultural Tiger Moth crashed. Glen Earl was reported to be of short stature and was said to sit on an apple box placed on the pilot seat in order to improve his forward view in flight. It was speculated that the apple box may have slipped out of position during inverted flying causing the pilot to lose control of the plane".
Regsitration ZK-ARD cancelled 5.4.52 due to this accident
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
5. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz-851-to-nz900-1939-to-1956-part-4
6. https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz50697/Poporangi/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2018 20:17 | angels one five | Added |
| 03-Oct-2021 16:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 20:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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