ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65378
Last updated: 19 December 2020
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| Date: | 28-FEB-1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Auckland Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ADG |
| C/n / msn: | 894 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mangere, Auckland -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mangere, Auckland (AKL/NZAA) |
| Mangere, Auckland (AKL/NZAA) |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] to DH Australia without C of A; erected by Qantas, Brisbane. Registered G-AUIR [CofR 263] 13.2.29 to QANTAS Ltd, Longreach. Re-registered 20.3.29 to Queensland Air Navigation Ltd, Brisbane. Re-registered VH-UIR 28.3.29. Re-registered 9.2.31 to QANTAS Ltd, Brisbane.
Sold 11.2.31 and regd 17.2.31 to J. W. F. Collins,Beaudesert, Qld. Registered 30.10.33 to Harry F. Broadbent, Coogee, Sydney, NSW. Re-registered 15.1.34 to R A Annabel, Rockdale, NSW. Sold 1.2.34 and re-registered 24.2.34 to Putaruru Pine & Pulp Co (NZ) Ltd, but remained based at Sydney, NSW
Sold 19.7.34 and shipped to Auckland Aero Club, Mangere, New Zealand; registration cancelled 1.8.34. Found to be in need of repair on arrival. After repairs, re-registered ZK-ADG G [CofR 11] 9.1.35 to Auckland Aero Club, Mangere.
Badly damaged when hit power lines near Mangere 7.7.35; repaired and re-flown 16.7.37. Finally written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed in stall turn in practice forced landing at Mangere, Auckland 28.2.39. The crew was performing a training flight around Auckland Airport. On final, while completing a last turn to join the runway, the single engine aircraft stalled and crashed in a field. Both occupants were injured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZK-.html
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=27
3. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UIR.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-AU.html
6. http://www.tropikkal.com/planes.htm
7. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1939/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-60-moth-in-auckland/]
8. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2009 22:00 | angels one five | Added |
| 30-Sep-2013 20:46 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 18-Apr-2014 21:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2014 21:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2017 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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