ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63288
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| Date: | Thursday 1 June 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tipsy T.66 Nipper |
| Owner/operator: | Austerserve Pty Ltd. |
| Registration: | VH-CGB |
| MSN: | 36 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Masterton Aerodrome, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Masterton, New Zealand (MRO/NZMS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
1960: Constructed by Avions Fairey SA at Gosselies. Fitted with a 45hp Stark Stamo 1400cc engine
20/06/60: Reservation made for OY-AER by Mads Clausen. Reservation cancelled as 'not taken up'
18/09/60: Sold to Austerserve Pty Ltd. Crated and transported to Antwerp
07/10/60: Shipped to Australia
17/12/60: Arrived in Australia
03/01/61: Reservation made for VH-CGB by Austerserve Pty Ltd. Reassembled. Test-flight at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
25/05/61: Registered as VH-CGB to Austerserve Pty Ltd., Bankstown, Sydney, NSW.
01/06/61: Damaged on its second flight from Masterton, NZ, while still wearing its VH- registration, when the spinner came off and damaged the propellor and the port undercarriage leg was torn off in the ensuing forced landing.
01/06/61: Cancelled from the Australian Civil Register as "damaged".
17/07/61: Registered as ZK-CAP to Aircraft Hire Ltd., Masterton, NZ
20/11/62: Crashed at Masterton: registration ZK-CAP cancelled. Transported to Australia. Stored at Bankstown. Sold to Pat Harrington, Redcliff. Restored/rebuilt 1963-64
12/05/64: Re-registered as VH-CGB to Pat Harrington, Redcliff
03/11/66: Registered to G.S. Andersen, Kandos
28/10/67: Registered to R.I. Wyatt, Fullarton
19/04/71: Cancelled from the Australian Civil Register as 'withdrawn from use'
27/01/77: Re registered as VH-CGB to D.F. Mackenzie (c/o Groupair), Berwick
09/02/77: Registered to L.V. Driscoll, Hyde Park
01/04/79: Damaged at Parafield due to engine failure
02/04/79: Cancelled from the Australian Civil Register
1979-2004 Under restoration at Camden, NSW. Sold to Kirk Sutton. Put in storage
10/08/04: Sold to Steve Neal
10/08/04: Transported to Adelaide
07/06: Sold to Harry Van der Meer
02/08/06: Shipped to Rotterdam, Sold to Pat Blenkinsopp. Sold to Richard Cook.
02/09/10: Registered in the UK as G-NIPS to Benjamin William Faulkner, Petersfield, Hampshire.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/another-blast-from-past-tipsy-t-66.html
3. http://www.tipsy-histories.com/pages/nipper36.html
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
5. https://www.tipsynipper.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=949
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 July 2015 | G-NIPS | Private | 0 | Ropley, Near West Tisted, Alresford, Hampshire |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Aug-2012 16:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2013 19:11 | angels one five | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2014 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2016 20:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2021 03:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Feb-2022 06:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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