ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63445
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| Date: | Sunday 1 March 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Valet Service (Nelson) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AOY |
| MSN: | DHNZ178 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Takaka, Nelson -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Hamama, 5 km south of Takaka, Tasman District, Tasman | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.178; Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ1498 at Unit 39, RNZAF Rongotai, Wellington 16.2.45. To RAF Shelly Bay [1946] for long term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 16.5.47 to Wellington Aero Club. NZ civil registered ZK-AOY 2.5.47 to Wellington Aero Club, Rongotai, Wellington. Badly damaged when struck Auster J/1B on landing at Rongotai 16.11.50; (see photo link #2). Repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 17.4.58 to Valet Service (Nelson) Ltd, Nelson.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed and destroyed by fire on landing at Hamama, 5 km south of Takaka, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand 1.3.59; Pilot G A Whiting. The Tiger Moth undershot the airstrip at Hamama and crashed on rough ground. The pilot was uninjured but his passenger is reported to have suffered burns.
Registration ZK-AOY cancelled 10.3.59 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Crash at Rongotai 16.11.50: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22303864?search%255Bi%255D%255Bsubject_authority_id%255D=1025754&search%255Bpath%255D=items
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ1.html
5. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz1466-to-nz-1500-1939-to-1956-part-7
8. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56377-zk-aoy-1
9. https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz40640/Hamama/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 27-May-2009 15:15 | angels one five | Updated |
| 27-May-2009 16:49 | angels one five | Updated |
| 24-May-2014 03:54 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2016 17:40 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Dec-2021 16:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Jan-2022 07:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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