Incident De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth ZK-BFA,
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Date:Saturday 28 July 1956
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:Middle Districts Aero Club
Registration: ZK-BFA
MSN: 85208
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Palmerston North Airport, Manawatu 1 -   New Zealand
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Palmerston North, Milson, Manawatū-Whanganui Region,New Zealand (NZPM)
Destination airport:Palmerston North, Milson, Manawatū-Whanganui Region,New Zealand (NZPM)
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85208; Taken on charge as DE138 at 1458 Flight, RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire 5.12.41. To 1460 Flight, RAF Acklington, Northumberland 29.12.41. To 539 Squadron, RAF Acklington, Northumberland 9.42. To 403 "City of Calgary" (Canadian) Squadron, RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire 30.9.42. To 317 Squadron, Kirton-in-Lindsey 1.2.43. To 412 (Canadian) Squadron, Friston, East Sussex 29.6.43. Crashed 2.7.43 (presumed at Friston, East Sussex); to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 20.7.43. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 25.8.43 upon completion of repairs. To 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 30.10.44. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 24.4.45, coded “33”. To 38 MU RAF Landow, Glamorgan 6.8.46 for long-term storage pending disposal.

Struck off charge when sold 30.3.51 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Rochester, Kent. UK civil registered as G-AMIX (C of R R3236/1) 9.4.51 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Rochester; extant Rochester 7.51. Sold to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire and registration G-AMIX lapsed 18.9.52. Re-registered (C of R R3236/2) on 9.12.53 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. C of A issued 9.3.54. Registration G-AMIX cancelled 24.3.54 as 'sold to New Zealand'.

Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BFA on 1.6.54 to Middle Districts Aero Club, Palmerston North, Milson, Manawatū-Whanganui Region. First flown in New Zealand 31.5.54. Badly damaged on landing Palmerston North, Milson 25.7.54; repaired and returned to service.

Badly damaged on landing Palmerston North, Milson, Manawatū-Whanganui Region 28.7.56; Pilot J. Summers. Repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged in heavy landing Palmerston North, Milson 6.10.56.

Re-registered 15.3.57 to B Maher, Ohingaiti. Re-registered 1964 to T J Bindon, t/a Bindon Flying School, Waharoa.

Written off (destroyed) when crashed on take-off and destroyed by fire at Waharoa Airfield, Matamata 4.5.65. Registration cancelled 6.7.66 as "Destroyed - burnt".


Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J .Halley, Air Britain 1987 p.9)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMIX.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p852.html
6. Tiger Moth ZK-BFA at Hastings (BridgePa) 1954: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/241653/ZK-BFA
7. http://edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZBA/ZK-BFA.html
8. http://aeroclub.co.nz/history/after-the-war
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston_North_Airport

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 October 1956 ZK-BFA Middle Districts Aero Club 0 Palmerston North Airport, Manawatu 1 sub
4 May 1965 ZK-BFA Bindon Flying School 0 Waharoa Airfield, Waikato w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
20-Jul-2009 16:47 angels one five Updated
03-Mar-2016 08:42 angels one five Updated [Registration, Cn, Location]
01-Nov-2021 18:32 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
23-Jan-2022 07:17 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
13-Feb-2022 02:10 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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