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| Date: | Wednesday 4 March 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Waimate Branch Aero Club Syndicate |
| Registration: | ZK-ARX |
| MSN: | 82392 |
| Engine model: | de Havilland Gipsy Major |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Timaru Airport, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Timaru Airport, Washdyke, Canterbury, South Island )NZTU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 82392 (Gipsy Major #81988) CofA 6783 issued 24.10.39 to DH Aircraft Co of New Zealand Ltd. To RNZAF as NZ747 and toc at Rongotai 14.2.40. To 1 EFTS, Taieri 4.40-4.44. To RNZAF Tairei [1945] for long term storage pending disposal. NZ747 flew 3,111.25 hours in RNZAF service
Struck off charge when sold (as free issue) 3.3.48 to NZNAC. NZ civil registered ZK-ARX 18.6.48 to NAC Sports & Social Club Inc, Christchurch (aircraft based at Palmerston North). First flown after overhaul 6.10.50. Registered 15.8.55 to NAC Sports & Social Club (Christchurch) Inc. Re-registered 22.10.58 to Waimate Branch Aero Club Syndicate.
Badly damaged on landing Timaru Airport, Washdyke, Canterbury, South Island 29.5.59; Pilot D A J Walker. Repaired and reutruend to service. (Richard Pearse Airport (IATA: TIU, ICAO: NZTU), also known as Timaru Airport, is located off the Pleasant Point Highway, 4 km north of the suburb Washdyke in Timaru, New Zealand).
Re-registerd 8.9.60 to South Canterbury Aero Club, Timaru, Canterbury. Badly damaged when crashed at Fairlie, near Timaru, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand 19.12.61 after a forced landing due to engine failure. By this time the aircraft had logged 4977:55 hours. Wreckage trucked to Timaru and purchased by S. Brodie, Rangitata. Not repaired, withdrawn from use and registration cancelled 21.10.63.
Rebuilt [in 1972-74] by Eric Moffat/Aerotech, Timaru, Canterbury and registration ZKARX restored 31.1.75 (with c/n 82392R) to Eric J Moffat, Temuka (aircraft based at Timaru, Canterbury). Reflown after rebuild completed 26.2.75 and C of A renewed 25.3.75. Re-registered 4.3.76 to M M McLeay, D K Grave & PJ McKean, Invercargill.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed into a tree on take-off and destroyed by fire near Tapanui 18.3.76. Registration ZK-ARX cancelled 12.4.76 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
4. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-ARX.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pearse_Airport
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 May 1959 | ZK-ARX | Waimate Branch Aero Club Syndicate | 0 | Timaru Airport, Canterbury | |
sub |
| 19 December 1961 | ZK-ARX | South Canterbury Aero Club | 0 | Fairlie, Canterbury | |
sub |
| 18 March 1976 | ZK-ARX | M M McLeay, D K Grave & PJ McKean | 0 | near Tapanui, Otago | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 04-Mar-2015 23:58 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2021 00:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2021 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 01-Dec-2021 19:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 06-Dec-2021 02:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 29-Jan-2022 06:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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