ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64016
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| Date: | Saturday 30 January 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Barr Brothers Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AXW |
| MSN: | 84570 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Awhitu Peninsula, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Mangere Airfield, Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 84570; Taken on charge as T6103 at 45 MU RAF Kinloss, Morayshire 6.5.41. To 60 OTU RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire 14.5.41 (possibly not delivered). To 1 EFTS RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 22.5.41. Crashed 3.6.41 [presumed at Hatfield]; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 6.6.41. To 4 EFTS RAF Brough, East Yorkshire 26.6.41. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minichinhmpton, Gloucestershire 24.7.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 30.3.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth. UK civil registered as G-AMJS (C of R R3286/1) 23.5.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. C of A A-3286 issued 28.9.51. Registration G-AMJS cancelled 28.9.51 as 'sold abroad'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AXW on 21.1.52 to Barr Bros Ltd, Waipukurau. C of A issued 30.1.52.
Crashed Āwhitu Peninsula, north of Waiuku, Manakau Heads 30.1.54 and destroyed by fire; Pilot Boyce Barrow.
Registration ZK-AXW cancelled 2.6.55. The Āwhitu Peninsula is a long peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand, extending north from the mouth of the Waikato River to the entrance to Manukau Harbour, at approximate coordinates 37°9′57.6″S, 174°37′58.8″E
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMJS.pdf
3. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
4. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-AXW.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p845.html
6. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/114048 [photo at Mengere, Auckland in 1952]
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80whitu_Peninsula
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manukau_Heads
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 04-Feb-2011 15:46 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2013 22:09 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2016 08:38 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 11-Oct-2021 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Jan-2022 10:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 03:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Feb-2022 23:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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