ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63632
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| Date: | Saturday 30 March 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Robertson Air Service Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-APV |
| MSN: | 82945/DHNZ14 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hauturu, King Country -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Hamilton Airport, Rukuhai, New Zealand (HLZ/NZHN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82945: Fuselage built at Hatfield and shipped to DH New Zealand unassembled and without engine. Assembled at Rongotai, Wellington, as DHNZ.14 and taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ764 at Rongotai 13.9.40. To 3 EFTS Harewood 10.40 [until mid 1942]. With No.1 EFTS, Taieri from mid 1942. Travelled through a gorse hedge and capsized into a creek at Taieri on 27.3.42 after undershooting on practice forced landing. To RNZAF Taieri for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 12.4.47 to R M Fechney. NZ civil registered ZK-APV on 3.7.47 to R M Fechney, Greendale. Re-registered 24.5.50 to Robertson Air Service Ltd, Hamilton (based Rukuhia); fleet no.1. Badly damaged when crashed following engine failure shortly after take-off from Tauhei 11.12.50; repaired and returned to service
Crashed near Hauturu, Kawhia Harbour, Otorohanga District, Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand 30.3.57; pilot H. McLean. Registration ZK-APV cancelled 11.1.60 as "destroyed"
Hauturu is a village near the eastern shores of the Kawhia Harbour, in the Otorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island at approximate coordinates 38°6′15.98″S, 174°55′49.77″E. Region known as the King Country.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p829.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://steemkr.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz730-to-nz798-1939-to-1956
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauturu,_Waikato
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Aug-2021 05:49 | Antonio | Updated [Cn] |
| 28-Sep-2021 22:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Nov-2021 18:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Nov-2021 18:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2022 03:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2022 03:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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