ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63513
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| Date: | Sunday 23 March 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Stratford Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ARC |
| MSN: | 82836/DHNZ5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cardiff, Stratford, Taranaki -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stratford (Whakaahurangi) Taranaki Region, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82836; Fuselage built at DH Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. To DH New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Assembled as DHNZ.5 by DH New Zealand and to RNZAF as NZ755; taken on charge at Rongotai 22.8.40. To 2 EFTS New Plymouth [1.41]. To 3 EFTS Harewood [1942]. To RNZAF Wigram [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 20.11.47 to J M Gould of Paraparaumu Flying School (but he was killed 24.12.47 in the crash of Tiger Moth ZK-APL). Re-registered as ZK-ARC 27.1.48 to Hauraki Aero Club, Thames. Badly damaged on take-off Thames 3.4.53; wreckage sold 4.53.
Wrecklage rebuilt and repaired, re-registered 12.5.54 to Air Contracts Ltd. Re-registered 8.10.54 to Stratford Aero Club.
Written off (destroyed) when spun into the ground at Cardiff, 5 km South West of Stratford (Whakaahurangi) Taranaki Region 23.3.58; pilot G G Herbert. Cardiff is a settlement in inland Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres southwest of Stratford close to Egmont National Park
Registration ZK-ARC cancelled 2.7.58.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p828.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
6. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
7. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113419
8. https://steemkr.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz730-to-nz798-1939-to-1956
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff,_New_Zealand
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 December 1955 | ZK-ARC | Stratford Aero Club | 0 | Lepperton, Taranaki | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 22-Nov-2021 17:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Jan-2022 04:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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