ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63920
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 February 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Projects Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BBF |
| MSN: | 86128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Elsthorpe, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Hastings (Bridge Pa) Aerodrome, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (NZHS) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 86128; Built at Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as EM945 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 4.6.43. To 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire 14.7.43. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 6.9.46. To Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Charge 11.11.46 at HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath. To HMS Merlin, RNAS Donibristle, Rosyth, Fife. To HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire.
Struck off charge when sold from RNAS Stretton 3.51 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. Registered as G-AMPM (C of R R3566) 23.2.52 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon. C of A issued 21.3.52. Registration G-AMPM cancelled 31.3.52 as 'sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BBF 3.5.52 to Aerial Projects Ltd, Hastings. C of A issued 13.1.53. Badly damaged Aramoana 23.1.53; repaired and returned to service. Forced landed with engine failure and crashed at Elsthorpe, east of Ōtāne, Waipawa, Hawke's Bay 16.2.55; Pilot K Allington. Registration ZK-BBF cancelled 22.11.55.
Elsthorpe is a village in the Central Hawke's Bay District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located east of Ōtāne, Waipawa and State Highway 2 and west of the east coast.
Remains stored. Registration restored 19.4.91 to D.J. Subritzky [or John Pheasant], Auckland. To Ivan Hedley Unwin, Australia for rebuild and registration ZK-BBF cancelled 26.8.91. Re-registered in Australia as VH-IVN 29.4.94 to Mackay Tiger Moth Museum Inc [Ivan Unwin], Mackay, Queensland. On rebuild (after accident 9.11.2014 - which see) by Ray Windred, Luskintyre [2015]. Currently registered, in RAAF markings as A17-302 and named "City of Mackay" (see link #7 for the aircraft's history per the owners)
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMPM.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p861.html
5. As ZK-BBF on 14.8.54: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001181921.html
6. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/22377-vh-ivn-2
7. Official History by the Owners: https://www.mackaytiger.com.au/index.php/our-aircraft/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsthorpe,_New_Zealand
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 2014 | VH-IVN | Mackay Tiger Moth Museum Inc | 0 | Mackay Airport, Mackay, QLD |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 13-Jul-2009 00:11 | angels one five. | Updated |
| 03-Oct-2013 20:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 14-Oct-2021 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Jan-2022 09:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jan-2022 06:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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