ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63572
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| Date: | Saturday 12 October 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Alexander H Blechynden |
| Registration: | ZK-AUQ |
| MSN: | DHA132 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Paringa River, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Little River, Paringa, South Westland, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHA.132; Built by DeHavilland Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Taken on charge as A17-135 at 2 Aircraft Depot, Richmond 21.10.40. To 8 EFTS Narrandera 4.11.40. Damaged in gales at Narrandera 6.12.40; to DH Australia, Mascot, Sydney, NSW 22.1.41 for repairs. To 2 Aircraft Depot, Richmond 27.7.41 after repairs completed. To 2 EFTS Archerfield 20.9.41. To 11 EFTS Benalla 20.4.42 and shipped to 7 EFTS Western Junction 12.5.42. To Care & Maintenance Unit, Western Junction 1.6.45; put up for sale 6.12.45.
Struck off RAAF charge when sold 31.5.46 for £80 to F H Edwards; issued 20.5.46. Australian civil registered as VH-ATK (C of R 1048) 5.9.46 to Frederick H Edwards, Richmond, Victoria (regd as c/n T111 – but this 1943 DHA rebuild number does not fit). Re-registered 25.10.46 to Schutt Aircraft Sales & Service, Essendon, Victoria. Badly damaged at Horsham, Victoria 22.2.48; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 16.3.48 to William McMullen, Burnley, Victoria. Re-registered 24.10.49 to Hire or Fly Yourself & Air Services Pty Ltd, Essendon, Victoria. Re-registered 9.1.50 to Schutt Aircraft Sales & Service, Essendon, Victoria. Re-registered 14.2.50 to Robert A Talent, Mildura,Victoria. Re-registered 26.6.50 to Claude D Elder, Essendon, Victoria. Regnistration VH-ATK cancelled 28.2.51 as 'sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AUQ 30.8.50 to Aviation Enterprises Ltd, Taumarunui; shipped on the s.s "Tulse Hill" and arrived at Wellington 2.10.50. Assembled by Aircraft Engineering Co of NZ Ltd and entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-AUQ, but because of the poor condition of the aircraft, it was not brought up to NZ civil airworthiness standards until August 1951. CofA issued 8.51. Re-registered 21.10.54 to James Aviation Ltd, Hamilton. Re-registered 25.10.56 to T K Hooker, Auckland. Re-registered 1.7.57 to Alexander H Blechynden, Hamilton.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when forced landed after stalling on take off, and crashed into the bed of the Paringa River, South Westland 11.10.57. Pilot Alexander H Blechynden injured. The Paringa River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows generally northwest from its origins in the Southern Alps southwest of Mount Hooker, reaching the Tasman Sea 10 kilometres southwest of Bruce Bay.
Registration ZK-AUQ cancelled 11.1.60
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17a.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus1.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
5. Photo: https://collection.motat.nz/objects/108478/zk-auq-dh-82a-tiger-moth
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paringa_River
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Nov-2021 13:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Jan-2022 03:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
| 10-Feb-2022 14:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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