Date:	Wednesday 29 January 1958
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	W B Easton
Registration:	ZK-AZY
MSN:	83557
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Porongahau, Hawke's Bay -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Porangahau, Aramoana/Ruahine, Central Hawke's Bay
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83557 (Gipsy Major #83678); Taken on charge as T5845 at 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 20.7.40. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 25.1.46. To 18 RFS (Reverse Flying School) RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 22.4.49 coded “RCT-U”. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington. Gloucestershire 14.6.50 for storage pending disposal.

Sold [to unnamed party] 18.10.50. UK civil registered as G-AMFW (C of R R3048/1) 7.11.50 to Arthur James Whittemore & Roger Antony Peacock, t/a A J Whittemore & Co, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. C ofA A.3048 issued 17.5.51. UK Registration G-AMFW cancelled 29.8.51 as sold abroad'.

Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AZY 7.8.52 to Garnham Aviation Ltd, Taihape. First flown in New Zealand 17.8.52. Re-registered to Wanganui Aero Work Ltd. Operated (by 6.54) by Rangitikei Air Services Ltd, Taihape. Badly damaged in forced landing 2 miles South of Taihape 18.6.54; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 24.9.54 to Aircraft Sales & Service Ltd. Re-registered 20.3.55 to Aerodress Ltd, Dannevirke. Re-registered 3.12.57 to W B Easton, Dannevirke.

Badly damaged at Porangahau, Aramoana/Ruahine, Central Hawke's Bay 29.1.58; pilot W B Easton. Pōrangahau, a township close to the Pacific Ocean coast in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand, has a very small population. It lies in the southernmost part of Hawke's Bay, 45 kilometres south of Waipukurau, and close to the mouth of the Porangahau River.

Re-registered 9.62 to Southern Hawkes Bay Aero Club. Re-registered 24.9.63 to Airwork (NZ) Ltd. Sold to Otago Gliding Club (unconfirmed). Regd [12.9.63 - sic] to J T Grant, A J L McDonald & DW Waters, Mosgiel. Wrecked when blown over in a gale at Taieri 12.11.67. Registration ZK-AZY cancelled 19.9.68.

To I A T Strethern, Hamilton [1978] for rebuild. However, used instead 1979-81 as a source of parts for Tiger Moth ZK-ARJ (which flew again after rebuild 16.5.81). On rebuild by Cliff N Bellingham, Waiuku 1986. Stored [1998] by J N Pheasant, Waiuku.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (Jame J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMFW.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p835.html
5. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
7. Tiger Moth ZK-AZY at Taieri in 1964: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zF6zMq02yRI/UsNnhCAtCbI/AAAAAAAAT_Q/KhoIVrU6_zk/s1600/AZY+TI+04-64+n.JPG
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Drangahau

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
21-Nov-2021 22:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
22-Nov-2021 03:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
26-Nov-2021 02:50	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
29-Jan-2022 03:40	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ]
01-Feb-2022 02:09	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]