ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64157
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| Date: | Monday 28 April 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Thames Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AYS |
| MSN: | 84674 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colville, Waikato -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Colville, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand |
| Thames Aerodrome, Waikoto, New Zealand (NZTH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84674; Taken on charge by the RAF as T6248 at 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 3.6.41. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 9.8.45. Struck off charge when sold 30.3.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
UK civil registered as G-AMJG (C of R R3274/1) 7.5.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth. C of A A.3274 issued 4.6.51. Registration G-AMJG cancelled 5.6.51 as 'sold abroad by W.S. Shackleton Ltd'.
Registered in New Zealand as ZK-AYS 10.8.51 to Thames Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Thames. NZ C of A issued 18.12.51.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off Colville, Coromandel Peninsula 28.4.52. Pilot C. Hall. Registration ZK-AYS cancelled 9.6.52
The reported crash location of Colville, is a small town in the north of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies 26 kilometres north of Coromandel in Colville Bay on the Hauraki Gulf, and is the northernmost town of any note on the peninsula.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMJG.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p846.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
6. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colville,_New_Zealand
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 10-Jul-2009 16:54 | angels one five | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2011 22:12 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2016 01:48 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2020 10:51 | rvargast17 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2021 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Oct-2021 22:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Oct-2021 13:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Jan-2022 22:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Feb-2022 09:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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