ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63773
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Date: | Sunday 11 August 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club |
Registration: | ZK-BGV |
MSN: | 85450 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hood Aerodrome, Wairarapa -
New Zealand
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand (MRO/MZNS) |
Destination airport: | Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand (MRO/MZNS) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 85450: Taken on charge as DE454 at 46 MU RAF Lossiemouth 9.3.42. To 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumberland 24.6.42. To 19 FTS RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire 14.6.45, coded “FAF-U”; transferred to RAF College Cranwell 17.4.47, also coded “FAF-B”. To 8 RFS RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 26.6.47, coded “RCQ-B”, later “11”. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 6.2.53 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 18.11.53 to Association of British Aero Clubs. UK civil registered G-ANIW (C of R R.4252/1) 3.12.53 to Darlington & District Aero Club Ltd, Croft Aerodrome, Croft, North Yorkshire. C of A issued 29.6.54. Registration G-AMIW Cancelled/lapsed upon sale 1.7.54 and registration formally cancelled 9.7.54 as 'subsequently sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BGV 17.12.54 to Airlift (NZ) Ltd, Wellington. Operated [by 12.55] by Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club, Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed on landing and destroyed by fire Hood at Aerodrome, Solway 1 miles south of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand, 11.8.57. Pilot R. O'Connor. Registration ZK-BGV cancelled 2.12.57
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.14)
2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANIW.pdf 3.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p854.html 5.
http://edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZBA/ZK-BGV.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_Aerodrome 7.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 August 1957 |
ZK-BGV |
Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club |
0 |
Hood Aerodrome, Wairarapa |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
20-Jul-2009 16:53 |
angels one five |
Updated |
07-Oct-2013 05:24 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
25-Oct-2021 16:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
16-Jan-2022 05:21 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
29-Jan-2022 06:57 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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