ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64364
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 August 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Adastra Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AZO |
| MSN: | 84013 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Te Puke, Bay of Plenty 2 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Te Puke, Western Bay Of Plenty, North Island |
| Te Puke, Western Bay Of Plenty, North Island | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 84013; Taken on charge as T7611, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 30.11.40. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at the Tun Room, Bicester, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors, Cowly, Oxford 11.41 for erection. Delivered to 45 MU RAF Kinloss, Morayshire 10.12.41. To 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumberland 11.2.42; later coded "FIK-F". To 22 SFTS RAF Syerston, Northamptonshire 8.1.48; renamed 22 FTS 2.2.48; coded “FCK-F”. To RAF RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire 28.7.49. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 22.11.49. Struck off Charge as Cat.5(s) when allocated as sale as scrap 27.3.50 to International Alloys Ltd.
However, sold instead 29.3.50 to Auster Flying Club, Rearsby, Leicestershire. UK civil registered G-ALZI (C of R 14966/1) 24.3.50 to Skyfreight Ltd, Rearsby. Leicestershire. New C of R R2822 issued 4.50. C of A not known. Registration G-ALZI cancelled 9.11.51 as 'sold abroad'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AZO 6.11.51 to R.G. “Gary” Toulson, t/a Adastra Aviation Ltd, Tauranga. Forced landed out of fuel and badly damaged near Te Puke, Western Bay Of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand 30.8.55. Pilot R G "Gary" Toulson.
Registration ZK-AZO cancelled 16.12.59. Fuselage stored at Mount Maunganui,Tauranga [in 1968]. On rebuild by Colin Smith, Mandeville 2.91. Stored at Mandeville [1998-2019].
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALZI.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p840.html
6. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=1839
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Puke
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 20-Jul-2009 13:55 | angels one five | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2013 05:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 02-Jun-2018 00:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature] |
| 07-Oct-2021 00:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Oct-2021 19:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Oct-2021 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 06:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 14-Feb-2022 01:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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