ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211367
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| Date: | Thursday 26 July 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | James Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AVI |
| MSN: | DHA402 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Owhata, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Ōwhata, Rotorua, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth MSN DHA.402; Built by DH Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Taken on charge by the RAAF as A17-367 at 2 Aircraft Depot, Richmond 24.5.41. To SHQ Canberra 25.6.41 for storage. To 1 EFTS Parafield 8.9.41. To Guinea Airways, Parafield 7.6.43 for overhaul; returned to 1 EFTS 6.9.43; to Tamworth 29.5.44; to storage 7.10.44; transferred to Care & Maintenance Unit 12.12.44; for sale 7.6.46.
Struck off charge when sold 6.9.46 for £100 to Association of Australian Aero Clubs, Sydney; issued 30.9.46. Australian civil registered as VH-BBR (C of R 1341) 7.7.47 to Royal Queensland Aero Club, Archerfield. Registrsation cancelled/lapsed 10.10.47. Re-registered 12.12.47 to same owner. Re-registered 28.7.50 to Walter H Mayne, Texas, Queensland. Sold (but not re-registered) in 1950 to Thomas J Watson, Neutral Bay, NSW. Registration VH-BBR cancelled as sold to New Zealand 13.2.51. Re-registered in NZ as ZK-AVI 9.8.50 to James Aviation Ltd, Hamilton.
Crashed 26.7.51 while topdressing at Ōwhata, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Engine failure on takeoff - propellor fell off. Successful emergency landing, pilot uninjured. Aircraft damaged, but repaired and returned to service
(ZK-AVI crashed on at least a further three occasions - on 9.2.52, 10.1.62, and 3.4.69 - the last of which wrote it off. These are listed separately elsewhere).
Sources:
1. D Stafford (1983) Flying The Thermal Skies, Holmes Printing
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus4.html
4. https://tigermothclub.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Tiger-Rag-Jul-2019.pdf [photo in 1969]
5. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/267050
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cwhata
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 February 1962 | ZK-AVI | Piako Gliding Club | 0 | Waharoa Airfield, Waikato | |
sub |
| 26 October 1969 | ZK-AVI | R M Robertson | 0 | Taumarunui, King Country | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2018 19:54 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 03-Oct-2021 23:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Jan-2022 10:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Jan-2022 22:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 12-Feb-2022 23:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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