Date:	Wednesday 7 November 1956
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	James Aviation Ltd
Registration:	ZK-ARB
MSN:	82949/DHNZ1
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Waikite Valley, Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Waikite Valley, Rotorua Lakes, Waikato, North IslandWaikite Valley, Rotorua L
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82949; Fuselage built by DeHavilland at Hatfield. To DH New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Assembled by DH New Zealand from local materials as DHNZ.18 and taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ768 at Rongotai 26.9.40. With No.4 EFTS, Whenuapai 1941. To Wigram [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal.

Struck off charge when sold 5.9.47 to Aircraft Services Ltd. The South Canterbury Aero Club applied to register the aircraft as ZK-ARJ on 16.1.48. This request was cancelled on 18.2.48 and the aircraft entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-ARB on 22.2.48 to Ossie G James, Tolaga Bay (aircraft based at Gisborne); Converted to Top dresser, and named "Pluto" (after the Walt Disney cartoon character, which was painted on the engine cowling).

Re-registered 12.1.49 to N C Lowe & P T Collins, Hastings. Re-registered 13.10.49 to M T Vanderpump, t/a City Air Services, Hastings. Re-registered 29.3.50 to James Aviation Ltd, Hamilton. Badly damaged Oparua 19.8.52; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged Te Akau 29.12.52; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged Kihikihi 17.1.55; repaired and returned to service.

Badly damaged Waikite Valley, Rotorua Lakes, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand 7.11.56. Pilot I P Palmer. Sold 1.57 to Rotorua Aero Club for breaking up as spares. Registration ZK-ARB cancelled 5.3.58

Waikite Valley is a rural community in Rotorua Lakes within the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, at approximate coordinates 38°20′19.61″S, 176°16′15.65″E

1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p829.html
4. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
6. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz730-to-nz798-1939-to-1956
7. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56432-zk-arb-1
8. ZK-ARB (ex-NZ768) "Pluto" of Mr. O.G.James of Tologa Bay at the RNZAC Pageant, Mangere, Auckland 19.3.49: https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113419
9. Tiger Moth ZK-ARB (ex-NZ768), RNZAC (Royal New Zealand Aero Club) pageant event, Dunedin, 21.2.48:
https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.605445
10. ZK-ARB at Paraparaumu 1950: https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/298885
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikite_Valley

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
13-Jul-2009 00:25	angels one five.	Updated
22-Feb-2016 09:27	angels one five	Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, ]
05-Nov-2021 17:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
26-Nov-2021 02:31	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
29-Jan-2022 03:49	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, ]