ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62427
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| Date: | Thursday 9 September 1971 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | D F (Hap) Neville t/a Marshall & Neville Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-ANL |
| MSN: | 82512 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Collingwood, Nelson -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ao Marama, Golden Bay, Collingwood, Tasman | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82512 (Gipsy Major #82544); Built by de Havilland at Hatfield to Contract No.778402/38 and assembled in NZ. Taken on charge by the RAF as N9458 at 19 MU RAF St Athan, South Glamorgan, 24.11.39. To 36 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 15.1.40 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped to New Zealand per the s.s 'Somerset' 15.2.40. Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ861 at Unit 18, Rongotai, Wellington 6.5.40. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [12.40-4.44]. To RNZAF Whenuapai [5.44] for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 15.3.47 to Central Hawkes Bay Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-ANL 17.2.47 to Central Hawkes Bay Aero Club, Waipukurau (gifted by local farmer & Aero Club Cheif Flying Instructor, J R Franklin). Re-registered 16.4.57 to Southern Hawkes Bay Aero Club, Dannevirke. Re-registered 28.3.60 to Temple C Martin, Hastings and converted to agricultural use as a top-dresser/crop-sprayer. Re-registered 4.5.62 to D F (Hap) Neville t/a Marshall & Neville Ltd, Hastings.
Badly damaged when overturned on landing Ao Marama, Golden Bay, Collingwood, Tasman 9.9.71; pilot D F Neville
Repaired and returned to service. Damaged when overturned on landing at Maraekakaho 22.9.74; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 17.8.78 on name change to Astro Air Ltd, Napier (airecraft still based at Hastings). By 8.78 ZK-ANL was the last surviving operational agricultural DH Tiger Moth in the world. Withdrawn From Use after last aerial spraying flight 28.12.80. Stored 1984 by Astro Air Ltd, Esk Valley. Re-registered 9.11.87 to Rick Graham, Napier. Sold 6.11.97 and re-registered 2.3.99 to Trevor N Giffin & S L Griffin Partnership, Upper Hutt.
Rebuilt by Temple Martin, Hastings (active 2000). Sold 8.9.2007 and re-registered 28.1.2008 to Richard J & P A Wylie Partnership (Richard Wylie), Masterton; stored following owner’s death in 2010. Restored 2012-13 by Wayne Greaves & (son) Shane Greaves, Gisborne; painted in Fieldair colours as “Astro”, retaining aerial spraying equipment. Currently registered (as at 8/2013) and based at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p825.html
5. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=1098
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz-851-to-nz900-1939-to-1956-part-4
8. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood,_New_Zealand
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bay
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 04-Jan-2022 17:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 04-Jan-2022 17:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Category] |
| 23-Jan-2022 03:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 25-Jan-2022 07:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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