ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63408
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1959 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Marshall and Neville Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-APZ |
| MSN: | 83528 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Porongahau Airfield, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Porongahau Aerodrome, Aramoana/Ruahine, Central Hawke's Bay District (NZPO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 83528 (Gipsy Major #83340); Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford, and taken on charge by the RAF as T5777. Shipped direct to New Zealand on the s.s."Rangitiki" 16.8.40. Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ683 at Unit 18, Rongotai, Wellington 25.11.40. To 2 EFTS New Plymouth 1.41. To RNZAF Woodbourne [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 20.1.48 to Charles Gatenby, Motueka. Civil registered as New Zealand as ZK-APZ 8.7.47 to Charles Gatenby, Motueka. Re-registered 24.9.48 to Motueka Aero Club. Re-registered 5.2.51 to Aerial Agriculture Ltd, Hastings; fleet no.1 (in service as a topdresser by/on 7.4.51). Badly damaged when struck tree on take-off at Whakarara 15.6.51; repaired and returned to service
Badly damaged at Ormondville 23.2.52; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged at Patangata 31.1.53; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged when taxying at Waipukurau 13.2.54; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 11.10.57 to T C Martin (Airepairs) Ltd, Hastings. Operated (by 12.59, on lease) by Marshall & Neville Ltd.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when, during an agricultural (crop-spraying/top dressing) sortie, the Tiger Moth failed to become airborne, hit a fence, and overturned on take-off at 17:00 hours at Porongahau Aerodrome, Aramoana/Ruahine, Central Hawke's Bay District 6.12.59; Pilot P Marshall. Fuselage last seen dumped at Hastings in December 1959. Registration ZK-APZ cancelled 6.1.60.
Pōrangahau, a township close to the Pacific Ocean coast in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies in the southernmost part of Hawke's Bay, 45 kilometres south of Waipukurau, and close to the mouth of the Porangahau River.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p835.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-APZ.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Drangahau
8. https://airportguide.com/airport/info/NZPO
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Jul-2009 16:13 | angels one five | Updated |
| 05-Mar-2015 09:13 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2017 10:03 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 07-Dec-2021 21:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Dec-2021 21:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 21:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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