ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347942
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 June 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wellington Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ABT |
| MSN: | 1487 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rongotai Airport, Rongotai, Wellington -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rongotai Airport, Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand (WLG/NZWN) |
| Rongotai Airport, Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand (WLG/NZWN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 1487 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #934] to The High Commissioner for New Zealand with C of A 2433 issued 7.3.30. Registered as ZK-ABT 6.30 to Wellington Aero Club, Rongotai.
Crashed on aborted take-off Rongotai 24.6.30; pilot's first solo. Crashed on road adjacent to Aerodrome, after takeoff aborted due to wind change. As reported in a contemporary local newspaper (Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW) Thursday 26 June 1930 Page 1 - see link #1)
N. Z. 'PLANE CRASH
PILOT ESCAPES UNHURT.
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.
When an aeroplane pilot who was flying solo made a landing on the Rongotai aerodrome yesterday he found he was so close to the boundary that his machine would probably crash into a house before it stopped. He, therefore, made an effort to take off again, and the machine got into the air just clear of the fence and telegraph wires
Then it flew crazily for some distance as the pilot attempted to avoid the houses. Finally lie lost control, and the machine crashed through telephone and power lines, and dropped on its nose in the road. Although the 'plane was considerably damaged, the pilot was unhurt."
Aircraft too badly damaged to be repaired. Fuselage used in rebuild of DH.60 Moth ZK-AAX (c/no. 1202)
Sources:
1. AHSNZ, 1988, Journal, Vol 31 No 2.
2. Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW) Thursday 26 June 1930 Page 1: N.Z. 'PLANE CRASH: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195053423
3. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-new-zealand-register/gn-z-zk?highlight=WyJ6ay1hYmIiXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Airport#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2023 18:54 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 13-Dec-2023 10:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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