ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64590
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| Date: | Saturday 16 November 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Nelson Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AKD |
| MSN: | DHNZ58 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Farewell Spit, Nelson -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Takaka, Nelson-Tasman, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Built at DH NZ at Rongotai. BOC at Unit 18, Rongotai on 31 March 1941 as NZ808. With No.3 EFTS, Harewood 1943-1944. Sold to the Nelson Aero Club from No.42 Squadron on 27 June 1946 and entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-AKD on 30 June 1946
Missing on flight from Takaka 16 November 1946; Missing on flight from Takaka on 16 November 1946. It was presumed that the aircraft had crashed into the sea in Golden Bay. The Tiger Moth crashed/ditched into the sea and some wreckage (the interplane strut) found washed ashore at Whariwharangi Bay, near Separation Point. This was the first fatal civilian Tiger Moth accident in New Zealand, as the pilot was never found.
Registration ZK-AKD formally cancelled 23 January 1947
Golden Bay/Mohua is a shallow, paraboloid-shaped bay in New Zealand, near the northern tip of the South Island. An arm of the Tasman Sea, the bay lies northwest of Tasman Bay/Te Tai-o-Aorere and Cook Strait. It is protected in the north by Farewell Spit, a 26 km long arm of fine golden sand that is the country's longest sandspit. The Aorere and Tākaka rivers flow into the bay from the south. It is part of the Tasman Region, one of the territorial authorities of New Zealand.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/74840
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170923044016/http://www.warbirdsite.com:80/missing.html
5. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
8. http://all-aero.com/index.php/contactus/75-gallerys/aircraft-1/12907-de-havilland-dh82-tiger-moth-gallery
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Tasman_Coast_Track#Whariwharangi_Bay_to_Wainui_Bay
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bay_/_Mohua
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 27-May-2009 02:26 | angels one five | Updated |
| 24-Feb-2012 14:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2013 01:02 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2021 20:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Category] |
| 20-Jul-2021 20:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Jul-2021 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Jul-2021 21:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Aug-2021 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Aug-2021 01:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Jan-2022 03:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 25-Jan-2022 07:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Feb-2022 20:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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