ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347965
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 January 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Otago Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ACE |
| MSN: | 1561 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | St Clair Golf Course, Dunedin, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 1561: DH.60M [Gipsy I] to Dominion of New Zealand with C of A 2728 issued 10.9.30. Arrived in New Zealand 7.11.30 and allocated to the Otago Aero Club, Dunedin, registered ZK-ACE [C of R 92] 3.12.30.
Suffered engine failure 20.1.32 while flying over Dunedin. Force landed on St Clair Golf Course, hit a hollow and overturned. Badly damaged, but rebuild completed by April 1932.
Sources:
1. AHSNZ, 1988, Journal, Vol 31 No 2.
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZK-.html
3. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzdh60.htm
4. http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/2254/dh-60-moths
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p015.html
6. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAAH.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 November 1934 | ZK-ACE | Otago Aero Club | 1 | Saint Andrews, Canterbury | |
sub |
| 9 July 1940 | NZ509 | 2 EFTS RNZAF | 0 | near RNZAF Bell Block Airbase, New Plymouth, Taranaki | |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2023 06:03 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 13-Jan-2024 09:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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