ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301313
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 November 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Desoutter Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | R.R. Money, t/a Rotorua Airways |
| Registration: | ZK-ABX |
| MSN: | D.21 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Whakarewarewa, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Whakarewarewa [Rotorua], New Zealand |
c/no. D.21: C of A 2436 issued 12.3.30 to Desoutter Aircraft Co Ltd. To New Zealand; arrived Auckland 15.4.30. Registered ZK-ABX 15.4.30 to Major Gerald AC [Gerry] Cowper, [chief pilot and nominee for] Bryant House Airways, Hamilton [delivered 23.5.30]; later t/a Taranaki Airways, Te Rapa.[Aircraft painted as 'ZK-AVX' in error].
Registered 15.12.30 to Co-United Transport Ltd, Hamilton. Re-registered 21.1.31 to A.C. [Mike] Lavington, Te Kuiti [aircraft based at Hamilton]; probably solicitor/nominee for Rotorua Airways. Re-registered 12.5.31 to Martin A Scott, possibly t/a Rotorua Airways. Sold 29.8.31 to R.R. Money, t/a Rotorua Airways.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off Whakarewarewa [Rotorua] 4.11.31. Reduced to scrap in early 1932.
Whakarewarewa (reduced version of Te Whakarewarewatanga O Te Ope Taua A Wahiao, meaning The gathering place for the war parties of Wahiao, often abbreviated to Whaka by locals) is a Rotorua semi-rural geothermal area in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/Desoutter.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZK-.html
3. https://aeropedia.com.au/content/desoutter-i-and-ii/
4. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/154519
5. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/142335-robert-raymond-money
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAAH.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whakarewarewa
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2022 20:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Nov-2022 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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