ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63937
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| Date: | Sunday 28 November 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ALY |
| MSN: | 82510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Napier Airport, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Napier (Hawke's Bay) Airport, Westshore, Napier, New Zealand (NPE/NZNR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82510 (Gipsy Major #82566) Built by de Havilland at Hatfield to Contract No.778402/38 for the RAF, and taken on charge as N9456 at 19 MU RAF St Athan, South Glamorgan 24.11.39. To 36 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 15.1.40 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped to New Zealand per the s.s 'Somerset' 15.2.40. Taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ851 at Unit 9, New Plymouth 19.4.40. To Wigram.
Sold 16.12.46 to NZ Insurance Co. Registered as ZK-ALY 3.12.46 to Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club, Hastings (to replace ZK-AJD which had crashed on 13.10.46).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off from Napier (Hawke's Bay) Airport, Westshore, Napier, New Zealand 28.11.54; Pilot H. Macan. Registration ZK-ALY cancelled 17.12.54.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p825.html
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-ALY.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawke's_Bay_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-Jul-2009 03:27 | angels one five | Updated |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:34 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 14-Oct-2021 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 20:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 27-Jan-2022 03:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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