ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63914
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| Date: | Monday 14 March 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wanganui Aero Work Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AYC |
| MSN: | 83812 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pahiatua, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Pahiatua, Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83812; Taken on charge as T7416, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.10.40. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at the Riding School, Walton Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford 1.11.41 for erection. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 7.11.41. To 28 EFTS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 11.2.42. Crashed 12.9.42 [presumed at RAF Pendeford] ; to Southern Aircraft, Gatwick for repairs 18.9.42. To 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 29.11.42 upon completion of repairs. To 658 Squadron, RAF Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire 1.6.43; to Oatlands Hill 8.43 with squadron; thnce to Clifton 8.43, Burn 12.43, Collyweston 3.44. To 1530 (BAT) Flight, RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire 30.4.44. To 288 Squadron, RAF Collyweston. Cambridegshire 28.8.44; to RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire 11.44 with squadron. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 5.5.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 7.9.46 to T Shipside Ltd, Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, Nlottinghamshire. UK civil registered as G-AINY (C of R 10844) 8.10.46 to T Shipside Ltd and operated by Nottingham Flying Club, Tollerton. C of A 8664 issued 28.12.46. Registration cancelled/lapsed18.3.47 upon sale. Re-registered 24.3.47 to The Mayor and Burgress of The County Borough of Southend-on-Sea and operated by Southend Municipal Flying School.
Damaged when overturned on start-up Southend Aerodrome, Rochford, Essex 23.5.47; repaired and returned to serivce. Damaged on take-off at Southend 3.8.47; repaired and returned to service. C of A lapsed 5.4.50. New C of R R952 issued 5.50. Registration G-AINY cancelled 12.10.50 as 'reduced to spares'. Re-registered 13.3.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. C of A renewed 29.3.51. Registration G-AINY cancelled 3.4.51 as 'sold abroad'. Damaged in transit between Portsmouth & Chiswick 13.4.51 [owned by WS Shackleton Ltd]; presumed repaired before shipment.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AYC on 5.11.51 to Whanganui Aero Work Ltd, Whanganui. First flown in New Zealand 25.2.52 after conversion to agricultural (topdressing/crop-spraying) operations. Badly damaged at Te Maire Valley, Taumaranui 24.3.53; repaired and returned to service
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into the Mangatainoka River on take-off at Pahiatua, Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand 14.3.55. Pilot I McDonald; Registration ZK-AYC cancelled 12.7.55.
Pahiatua, alternativley spelled Pahīatua, is a rural service town in the south-eastern North Island of New Zealand. It is between Masterton and Woodville on State Highway 2 and the Wairarapa Line railway, 60 kilometres north of Masterton and 30 kilometres east of Palmerston North.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AINY.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p838.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahiatua
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangatainoka_River
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Jul-2009 20:01 | angels one five | Updated |
| 31-Mar-2014 09:54 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2021 23:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 03:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2022 05:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Nature] |
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