ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63941
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| Date: | Sunday 31 October 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Tauranga Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AJU |
| MSN: | DHNZ74 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Opotiki, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, New Zealand (TRG/NZTG) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth DHNZ.74; Built by DH New Zealand and First flown at Rongotai, Wellington 23.6.41; taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ824 on 25.6.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri 13.7.41. Crashed on 12.8.41 at Silverstream while landing out of wind and suffered extensive damage. Airframe forwarded to Rongotai for repair on 15.9.41 Test flown after rebuild on 11.12.41 and returned to Taieri on 23.12.41. Stored during May and June 1942. Sent to Rongotai for complete overhaul on 28.4.44 at which time the aircraft had flown 1734:20 hours. Returned to No.1 EFTS on 14.9.44.
Sold to Tauranga Aero Club from No.42 Squadron on 9.7.46 and entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-AJU on 25.6.46 with TTA (Total Time on Airframe) of 2126:15.
Crashed Thames Airfield, Tauranga 21.1.48; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged Ōpōtiki, Eastern Bay of Plenty, North Island, 5.5.48; repaired and returned to service. Damaged taxying Tauranga 13.6.48; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (destroyed) when spun in and crashed Ōpōtiki, Eastern Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, 31.10.54 during air pageant; passenger killed, pilot R. Hilder injured. Registration ZK-AJU cancelled 10.5.55.
Sources:
1. Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand: Journal Vol 28 No 1, 1985
2. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AJU.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cp%C5%8Dtiki
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 04-Jun-2009 02:02 | angels one five | Updated |
| 26-May-2012 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2018 05:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2021 20:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Oct-2021 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Oct-2021 19:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Category] |
| 18-Oct-2021 00:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 03:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
| 12-Feb-2022 23:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Feb-2022 02:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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