Date:	Sunday 4 May 1958
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	B. Matheson
Registration:	ZK-BQF
MSN:	86120
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Takapau, Hawke's Bay -   New Zealand
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Farm Paddock,Takapau, Central Hawke's Bay, North Island New Zealand
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86120; Taken on charge as EM926 at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 27.5.43. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leciestershire 7.6.43. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 19.9.46. To 661 Squadron, RAF Kenley, Whytelead, Surrey 9.2.50. To 1 FTS, RAF Moreton-in-Marsh 30.7.53. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 13.11.53 for long-term storage pending disposal.

Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) when sold as parts 25.6.54 to L P Griffiths, Elmdon, Birmingham. UK civil registered G-ANSI (C of R R4604/1) 10.6.54 to Lewis Edward Harris, Napier, New Zealand. Overhauled at Elmdon and C of A A4604 issued 12.11.54.

Registration G-ANSI cancelled 1.5.56 as 'sold to New Zealand - ZK-BQF'. Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BQF 1.5.56 to Napier Aero Club. New Zealand C of A issued 19.5.56. Re-registered 17.3.58 to Airwork (NZ) Ltd, Christchurch. Re-registered 28.4.58 to B Matheson, Norsewood

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Takapau, Central Hawke's Bay, North Island 4.5.58; pilot G Thomas - The aircraft clipped the boundary fence with its tail skid after taking off from a farm paddock. It failed to gain height and came to rest in a chou moellier crop in the adjacent paddock.

Registration ZK-BQF cancelled 29.6.58. Takapau is a small rural community in the Central Hawkes Bay in New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres west of Waipukurau, off State Highway 2

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANSI.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p861.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takapau

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
01-Jul-2019 08:51	Gazza	Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ]
24-Nov-2021 15:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
26-Nov-2021 02:30	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
26-Jan-2022 04:54	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, ]