Date:	Monday 21 May 1956
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Fieldair Ltd
Registration:	ZK-ASQ
MSN:	83390/DHNZ42
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Rotohiwi, Hawke's Bay -   New Zealand
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Rotohiwi, Central Hawke's Bay District, Hawke's Bay
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth MSN 83390: Fuselage built at Cowley and shipped to DH New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Remainder of aircraft constructed at Rongotai from local materials. Assembled as DHNZ.42 and taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ792 at Rongotai 3.1.41. To 3 EFTS Harewood [43-44]. To Taieri [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal.

Sold 23.1.47 to W McRae. Regd ZK-ASQ 16.9.48 to Hauraki Aero Club. Regd 6.8.49 to Gisborne Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Gisborne. (Purchase price £525). Converted for agricultural (topdressing/crop spraying) operations. Re-registered (on name change) 12.51 to Fieldair Ltd, Gisborne. Badly damaged at Rere 17.2.53; rebuilt using fuselage from Tiger Moth ZK-ATG [MSN DHNZ.146, ex-NZ1466]

Badly damaged when hit fence on landing Rotohiwi, Hawke's Bay 21.5.56; Pilot A. Shaw. Repaired and returned to service. [Rotohiwi is a farmstead and is located in Central Hawke's Bay District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand at approximate coordinates: -40°9'29.7"South, 176°25'48.74"East]

Badly damaged on landing Ormondville 11.9.58. Re-registered 25.10.60 to Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club. Withdrawn from use at Masterton - some published sources state "broken up for spares in 1961" - and registration cancelled 3.3.62

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
4. Tiger Moth ZK-ASQ, Palmerston North September 1948: https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/8f80ee12-2234-406f-b456-21f25429201d
5. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
7. https://nz.geoview.info/rotohiwi,6246096

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


11 September 1958

ZK-ASQ

Fieldair Ltd

0

Ormondville, Hawke's Bay

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
22-Feb-2016 08:52	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Damage, Narrative, ]
31-Oct-2021 15:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
31-Oct-2021 15:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative, Category, ]
31-Oct-2021 15:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
31-Oct-2021 20:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, ]
31-Oct-2021 20:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative, ]
15-Jan-2022 10:00	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
29-Jan-2022 06:59	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, ]