Date:	Friday 27 January 1939
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:	Royal New Zealand Air Force
Registration:	870
MSN:	870
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hobsonville AFB, Hobsonville, Auckland ? -   New Zealand
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when badly damaged in landing accident, likely at Hobsonville AFB, Hobsonville, Auckland 27.1.39 and withdrawn from use

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh60.htm

c/no. 870 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I engine#97, amended to #116] first flown 7.12.28 and to New Zealand Air Ministry without C of A. Taken on charge by NZPAF (New Zealand Permanent Air Force), at Wigram as '870'; erected 16.3.29 and first flown Wigram 21.3.29; coded “A”. Loaned to Canterbury Aero Club 29.10.29-31.1.30. To Hobsonville AFB, Hobsonville, Auckland 18.2.30. Fitted with floats 8.6.31 for trials; floats removed 27.7.31. Floats fitted again 11.31. Major overhaul 17.6.32-14.11.32; variously operated thereafter on floats or wheels (as and when required). NZPAF became RNZAF 27.2.34. Fitted with Gipsy II engine 11.37.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Mar-2024 21:17	Dr. John Smith	Added
12-Mar-2024 21:17	ASN	Updated [Source, Narrative]
12-Mar-2024 21:18	ASN	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]