ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63949
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 October 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Airspread Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-ATV |
| MSN: | 82893 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Motea, Dannevirke, Waitahora, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82893 (Gipsy Major #82715); First flown at DH Hatfield, Hertfordshire 24.2.40 as R4983 and Shipped to New Zealand on the s.s. Rangitane" to New Zealand 1.3.40; arrived Rongotai 6.40. First flown after erection at Rongotai 26.7.40. Taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ897 at Rongotai 2.8.40. To 3 EFTS Harewood 13.8.40; delivered 7.8.40. To Rongotai for overhaul 9.1.43; having flown a total of 1677:15 hours. Reflown 17.3.43; returned to Harewood 23.3.43. To Woodbourne for storage 14.5.45; to 3 ASU Taieri 5.9.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Sold 20.10.49 [free issue] to Tauranga Aero Club; delivered 3.11.49. NZ civil registered as ZK-ATV 23.11.49 to Ronald I Graham, t/a Airspread, Tauranga. Converted for agricultural (topdressing/cropspraying) operations early 1950. C of A issued 2.8.50. Registered 21.4.52 to Airspread Ltd, Tauranga. Badly damaged at Waiotahi 28.1.53; repaired and returned to service.
Engine failure on take-off Motea, Dannevirke, Waitahora, New Zealand 5.10.54; during topdressing operartions, Pilot R Dahlbers jumped out but aircraft lifted off, unpiloted, flew across gully and crashed into hillside. Presumed not repaired; remains reported derelict/dumped at Tauranga in 1958. Registration ZK-ATV cancelled 14.11.61.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
3. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-ATV.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p828.html
5. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
6. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56510-zk-atv-1
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
8. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113716
9. http://www.geomap.nz/motea
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 13-Jul-2009 00:11 | angels one five. | Updated |
| 22-Feb-2016 09:06 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 13-Oct-2021 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 21:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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