Accident De Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth ZK-ACP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204418
 
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Date:Monday 18 April 1938
Time:12:20
Type:De Havilland DH-87B Hornet Moth
Owner/operator:Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club
Registration: ZK-ACP
MSN: 8096
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Matapiro, Hawke's Bay -   New Zealand
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Hastings
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
UK Registration G-ADSJ reserved 11.9.35 (C of R 6278 allocated) but not taken up. Instead, first registered 18.2.37 as ZK-ACP to Air Survey and Transport Co Ltd, passing to Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club of Hastings later in 1937.

Written off (destroyed) in a crash at Matapiro, near Crownthorpe, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand 18.4.38. Two persons on board both killed. Pilot: Nellie Arnott (47), passenger: Robert Arnott (39), both of Pakowhai, Hastings.

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADSJ.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
4. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-ACP.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p080.html
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/87-register-new-zealand
7. https://www.sooty.nz/miscairdeaths.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2018 19:34 Dr. John Smith Added
31-Jan-2022 05:42 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type]
03-Feb-2022 04:36 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
05-Feb-2022 04:18 Ron Averes Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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