Date:	Monday 26 December 1955
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	William J. (Bill) Thomasen
Registration:	ZK-BAJ
MSN:	86052
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Te Karoa, King Country -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Kāwhia-Tihiroa, Ōtorohanga District, Waikato
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86052: Taken on charge as EM850 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 31.5.43. To 25 (P)EFTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 26.6.43; coded ‘80’. To 16 EFTS RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 29.11.45 [for Nottingham UAS]. To Nottingham UAS [16 EFTS] 23.4.47. To 16 RFS RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 26.6.47; operated by Nottingham UAS; coded “RUN-C”.

Crashed on landing at RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire 8.2.48; wing dropped on landing during overshot. and swung off the runway. Written off as "damaged beyond repair" (Cat.E2(FA). Struck off charge as sold 4.11.48 to Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd, Croydon. Rebuilt for civilian operations with UK civil registration G-AMEC (C of R R2917/1) 15.9.50 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon. C of A A2917 issued 18.6.51. Registration G-AMEC cancelled 5.10.51 as sold abroad.

Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BAJ on 5.2.52 to Robertson Air Service Ltd, Hamilton (based Rukuhia); fleet no.6. Badly damaged Cambridge, New Zealand 25.9.53; repaired. Re-registered 20.9.55 to William J. (Bill) Thomasen, Kawhia.

Written off (destroyed) 26.12.55 when crashed at Te karoa, near Ōpārau, New Zealand and registration ZK-BAJ cancelled 1.8.56. Pilot William S Thomasen.

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3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.315
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
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10. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


8 February 1948

EM850

Nottingham UAS RAF

0

RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire, England

w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
14-Jul-2009 20:57	angels one five	Updated
07-Oct-2013 05:25	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, ]
10-Sep-2021 14:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
28-Sep-2021 22:19	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
25-Oct-2021 16:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Category, ]
29-Jan-2022 06:50	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ]