Incident De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth ZK-AVJ, Thursday 31 December 1953
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Date:Thursday 31 December 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:James Aviation Ltd
Registration: ZK-AVJ
MSN: DHA401
Engine model:de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Pilot: Oswald G. James.

Sources:

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
NZ Register

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

16 September 1951 ZK-AVJ James Aviation Ltd 0 Hamilton Airport, Waikato sub
28 September 1955 ZK-AVJ Aerial Superspread Ltd 0 Near Whakawhitira, East Coast sub
17 September 1956 ZK-AVJ James Aviation Ltd 0 Tikitiki, East Coast w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
07-Oct-2013 05:08 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, ]
23-Dec-2016 02:11 angels one five Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
27-Jan-2017 08:55 angels one five Updated [Date, Narrative, ]
23-May-2018 19:11 Ron Averes Updated [Operator, ]
27-Jan-2022 22:32 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, ]

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