ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63629
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 April 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Fieldair Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AWA |
| MSN: | 83186 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tutira, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Wairoa Airport, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (WIR/NZWO) |
| Tutira, about 33 miles north of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83186 (Gipsy Major #83184); Taken on charge as T5461 at 4 MU RAF Cowley, Oxford 14.5.40 and shipped direct to Australia. Taken on charge by RAAF 18.7.40 but retained RAF serial. To 7 EFTS RAAF at Western Junction 15.8.40. Auctioned at Western Junction, Launceston, Tasmania, 21.5.46.
Struck off charge when sold 22.5.46 to G L Lansell. Australian civil registered as VH-ATG 23.7.46 to George L Lansell, Moulmein, NSW. Re-registered (at an unknown date) to Warren R Murphy, Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria. Registration VH-ATG cancelled 19.12.47. Registration restored 12.5.49 to Stanley L Dorn, Five Dock, NSW. Crashed 28.9.49. Re-registered 22.9.50 to Kingsford Smith Aviation Service Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW. Registration VH-ATG cancelled 28.9.50 as 'sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AWA on 31.10.50 to Gisborne Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Gisborne. C of A issued 11.12.50. Badly damaged when stalled and crashed at Tawai 25.2.51; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 12.51 (on name change) to Fieldair Ltd, Gisborne. Badly damaged at Matawai 1.4.52; repaired and returned to service
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into a fence on landing at Tutira, about 33 miles north of Napier, Hawke's Bay on 2.4.57 during an agricultural (crop-spraying/topdressing) operstion; Pilot A.L. Shaw. Registration ZK-AWA cancelled 10.7.58 as "damaged beyond repair".
Tutira is a village to the north of Napier and is part of the Hawke's Bay Region in New Zealand's North Island. It is located on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier at approximate coordiantes 39°12′14.4″S, 176°52′55.2″E.
Remains reported to be on rebuild at Gisborne from 2011-19 (see link #6)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p831.html
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17d.htm
4. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/10676-vh-atg-1
5. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
6. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/118640
7. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56566-zk-awa-1
8. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
9. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutira
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Aug-2021 05:49 | Antonio | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2021 02:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 03:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Feb-2022 04:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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