ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64362
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| Date: | Monday 5 September 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wings Fertilizers Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BAS |
| MSN: | 85874 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Puketitiri, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Puketitiriri, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
| Puketitiriri, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 85874; Taken on charge as DF125, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 25.9.42. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection 3.2.44. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhmpton, Gloucestershire 27.4.44. To 7 [Pilots] Advanced Flying Unit, RAF Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 30.10.44. To 7 SFTS RAF Westwood Peterborough 21.12.44 [shown as 25.6.46]. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 5.7.46. To Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm charge 4.10.46 and sent to HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire for long-term storage at the AHU (Aircraft Holding Unit).
Struck off charge when sold 2.52 to WA Rollason Ltd, Croydon. UK civil registered as G-AMPD (C of R R3551) 20.2.52 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. C of A issued 3.3.52. Registration G-AMPD cancelled 23.3.52 as "sold to New Zealand".
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BAS 18.7.52 to Air Contracts Ltd, Masterton; fleet no.5. Re-registered 16.7.54 to Wings Fertilizers Ltd, Napier. Badly damaged on take-off Puketitiriri, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, 5.9.55. Pilot J. McKenzie.
Repaired and returned to service, as re-registered 9.1.56 to N.C. Lowe, Hastings. Sold to James W.R. Frogley, Hawkes Bay [by/in 7.57]. Slightly damaged in gales Bridge Pah Aerodrome, Hastings on the night of 26-27.7.57. Withdrawn from use and broken up for spares 2.59; registration ZK-BAS cancelled 20.7.62
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Ha;lley, Air Brtiain, 1987
2. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMPD.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/292171
7. http://edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZBA/ZK-BAS.html
8. https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz51723/Puketitiri/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 20-Jul-2009 14:04 | angels one five | Updated |
| 11-Oct-2013 21:30 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 22-Oct-2021 14:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Oct-2021 14:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2022 00:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Feb-2022 06:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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