Date:	Tuesday 5 April 1960
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club
Registration:	ZK-BAV
MSN:	85383
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mihi, Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Mihi, near Reporoa, Rotorua Lakes, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 85383; Taken on charge as DE361 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 11.2.42. To 296 Squadron, RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire 1.5.42. To GPEU (Glider Pilots Exercise Unit), RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire [8.42]. Crashed [presumed at Netheravon, Wiltshire] 14.8.42; to W Mumford for repairs 18.8.42. Upon completion of repairs, to 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 17.11.42. To 16 EFTS RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 12.3.43; coded “27”, later ‘FIN-E’. To Nottingham UAS (University Air Squadron) [but still operated by 16 EFTS] 5.7.46, still coded “FIN-E”. To 16 RFS (Reserve Flying School) RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 26.6.47; operated by Nottingham UAS; coded “RU-N”. To 25 RFS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 28.10.48; probably operated by Leeds UAS. Overturned on landing at RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire 1.6.50 and written off. (Struck off Charge as Cat.E(F/A). To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire for disposal in 6.50.

Struck off charge when sold 3.1.51 to Airtrade, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-AMND (C of R R3448/1) 7.11.51 to Airtrade Ltd, Croydon. C of A A3448. Registration G-AMND cancelled 1.2.52 as 'sold abroad'.

Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BAV 22.3.52 to Aerial Superspread Ltd, Gisborne. CofA issued 22.3.52. Re-registered 13.6.52 to Gisborne Aero Club, Gisborne. Damaged in heavy landing Gisborne Airport, Elgin, Gisborne, North Island 3.3.56. Pilot: Mr. Couch. Re-registered to Napier Aero Club, Napier (and delivered 14.6.57). Re-registered 29.7.58 to D.R. Wemyss. Re-registered 18.2.59 to Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club. (Known to have been used as a glider tug)

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5.4.60 when crashed at Mihi, near Reporoa, Rotorua Lakes, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand while engaged in top dressing/crop spraying operations.

The reported crash location of Mihi is a rural community in Rotorua Lakes within the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the northern banks of the Waikato River, near the mouth of the Waiotapu Stream, and just off State Highway 5, at approximate Coordinates: 38.485896°S 176.282171°E

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.102 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.42)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.60
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMND.pdf
5. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1755000
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p853.html
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
9. http://edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZBA/ZK-BAV.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporoa .

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

3 March 1956	ZK-BAV	Gisborne Aero Club	0	Gisborne Airport, East Coast		sub
Collision with pole or wires

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
20-Jul-2009 17:52	angels one five	Updated
26-Jan-2011 01:08	angels one five	Updated [Location, Narrative]
20-Oct-2013 19:29	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative]
19-May-2018 03:00	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
24-Dec-2020 20:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Aug-2021 00:38	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
23-Sep-2021 20:48	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
28-Oct-2021 15:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
28-Oct-2021 15:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
26-Nov-2021 02:30	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
09-Dec-2021 19:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2022 21:22	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]