Date:	Thursday 31 May 1956
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82a Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Wanganui Aero Work Ltd
Registration:	ZK-BEJ
MSN:	82698
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Marton, Whanganui 4 -   New Zealand
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Marton, Rangitikei district, Manawatū-Whanganui
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH-82a Tiger Moth MSN 82698 (Gipsy Major #82503); Taken on charge as R4757 at 19 MU RAF St Athan, South Glamorgan 13.2.40. To 2 EFTS RAF Filton, Brsitol, Gloucestershire 19.4.40; to RAF Staverton, Gloucestershire 8.40. Damaged 7.11.40 [unconfirmed]; to DeHavilland at Witney, Oxfordshire for repairs 15.12.40. To 46 MU RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire 22.2.41 upon completion of repairs. To 4 EFTS RAF Brough, East Yorkshire [undated, but possibly 3.41]. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 24.7.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.

Struck off charge when sold 29.3.51 to Aerocontacts Ltd, Gatwick Airport, Horely, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-AMTU (C of R R3757/1) 22.7.52 to Michael John Spence, London SW14 (aircraft rem ained based at Gatwick Airport). C of A issued 21.8.53. Registration G-AMTU cancelled 12.9.53 as 'sold abroad - New Zealand'.

Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BEJ 12.2.54 to Wanganui Aero Work Ltd, Wanganui. C of A issued 19.2.54. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit fence on take-off during an agricultural (topdressing/crop-spraying) sortie and crashed at Marton, Rangitikei district, Manawatū-Whanganui 31.5.56; pilot J Randle.

Remains recovered to Whanganui and broken up for spares. Registration ZK-BEJ cancelled 8.10.56.

Marton is a town in the Rangitikei district of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated 35 kilometres southeast of Whanganui and 40 kilometres northwest of Palmerston North

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMTU.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p826.html
5. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marton,_New_Zealand

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
26-Jul-2014 18:13	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ]
31-Oct-2021 20:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
31-Oct-2021 20:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
21-Jan-2022 19:58	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
13-Feb-2022 11:40	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]