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| Date: | Monday 11 February 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.14A Magister |
| Owner/operator: | Kawerau Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AWX |
| MSN: | 741 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kawerau Airfield, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kawerau Airfield |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Built for the RAF as a Miles Magister L8285. Struck off charge and sold for civilian use as G-AMMD (C of R R3402/1) on 15-9-51 to W. A. Rollason Ltd., Croydon. UK registration G-AMMD cancelled 16-11-51 as "sold abroad to NZ". To New Zealand as ZK-AWX by December 1951.
Piako Aero Club operated several Magisters during the 1950s. ZK-ALO and ZK-AWX from 1952 to 1956 when it was sold to Kawerau Aero Club where it crashed in 1957. Registration ZK-AWX cancelled 31-3-58
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMMD.pdf
2. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
3. http://skyviking.net/svwp/?p=397
4. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 12-Jun-2014 09:02 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Feb-2020 13:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Sep-2021 01:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 06-Oct-2021 21:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Feb-2022 02:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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