Incident De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth ZK-AAD,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347894
 
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Date:Saturday 17 December 1932
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth
Owner/operator:A M McIntosh
Registration: ZK-AAD
MSN: 927
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Queenstown Airfield, Frankton, Otago -   New Zealand
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Queenstown Airport, Frankton, Otago (NQN/ZNQN)
Narrative:
c/no 927 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #156] to Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd, New Zealand with C of A 1740 issued 29.12.28. Registered G-NZEC 15.3.29 to Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd. Re-registered ZK-AAD 1.12.29. Registered 23.9.32 to A M McIntosh, Invercargill; named "Bell-Bird".

Substantially damaged 17.12.32 when crash landed by owner at Queenstown Airport, Frankton, Otago, New Zealand; aircraft rebuilt in Timaru, returned to service October 1933. Re-registered 17.8.37 to M E Spiers, Hokitika. Damaged beyond repair when crashed on take-off at Wataroa, Westland 16.2.38. Rebuild abandoned and registration cancelled 16.2.39.

Sources:

1. AHSNZ, 1987, Journal, Vol 30 No 3.
2. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-new-zealand-register/gn-z-zk?highlight=WyJ6ay1hYWQiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p009.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZK-.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAAH.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenstown_Airport

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 February 1938 ZK-AAD M E Spiers 0 Whataroa Airfield, West Coast w/o

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Nov-2023 22:21 Ron Averes Added
22-Nov-2023 08:58 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
22-Nov-2023 08:58 harro Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities]
03-Dec-2023 07:38 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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