Date:	Wednesday 24 December 1947
Time:	18:00
Type:	De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Paraparaumu Flying School
Registration:	ZK-APL
MSN:	DHNZ78
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Paraparaumu Airport, Wellington 5 -   New Zealand
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Paraparaumu Airport, Paraparaumu, New Zealand (NZPP)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth constructed by DH New Zealand at Rongotai from local materials with New Zealand MSN DHNZ.78: Taken on charge as NZ828 at Rongotai 14.7.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [3.42-4.42]. To 2 EFTS Ashburton [by 1944]. To RNZAF Woodbourne for disposal

Sold 30.12.46 to F.T Eustace, Palmerston North; but sale cancelled. Registered ZK-ANI 9.1.47 to F.T. Eustace, Palmerston North. Crashed early 5.47 (or sale not completed) and registration ZK-ANI cancelled 14.5.47. Sold instead 2.5.47 to Jack Mervyn Gould, Paraparaumu, Wellington. Re-registered as ZK-APL 6.5.47 to Jack Mervyn Gould, t/a Paraparaumu Flying School, Paraparaumu.

Written off (destroyed) when it crashed into a house near Paraparaumu 24.12.47; pilot Jack Gould killed. Aircraft and part of house destroyed by fire. Registration ZK-APL cancelled 28.5.48

Paraparaumu is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, 55 kilometres north of the nation's capital city, Wellington

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. Photo of ZK-APL at Paraparumu in 1947: https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113309
6. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/61670
7. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56390-zk-apl-1
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraparaumu#Airport
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapiti_Coast_Airport
10. Bay of Plenty Times, 26 December 1947

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
08-Feb-2011 15:44	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Damage, Narrative, ]
09-Feb-2011 11:28	angels one five	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative, ]
22-Feb-2016 08:26	angels one five	Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, ]
22-Feb-2016 09:13	angels one five	Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, ]
01-Sep-2021 16:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
23-Sep-2021 14:27	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
09-Nov-2021 04:04	Ron Averes	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ]
27-Jan-2022 22:22	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
13-Feb-2022 04:26	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]