ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63736
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| Date: | Friday 13 April 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Air Services (Wairarapa) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AXA |
| MSN: | DHNZ59 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Tauweru, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.59; Taken on charge as NZ809 at Unit 18, Rongotai, Wellington 4.4.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [11.42-12.42].
Struck off charge when sold 13.2.49 (as free issue) to New Plymouth Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AXA 30.8.50. Not used by the Aero Club and sold on to Southland and Otago Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Dunedin. Converted to topdresser and entered service after C of A issued 19.6.51. Re-registered 26.12.55 to Air Services (Wairarapa) Ltd, Masterton. Badly damaged topdressing Tauweru, Wairarapa, near Masterton, North Island 13.4.56. Pilot W J Mygind. [Tauweru, alternatively Taueru, and previously known as Wardell, or Wardelltown is a locality in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand's North Island at approximate coordinates 40°58′0″S, 175°48′0″E]
Re-registered 29.8.56 to Air Contracts Ltd, Masterton; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 23.9.56 to Aerial Superspread Ltd, Gisborne. Withdrawn from use at Hastings in 1957. Sold in 1958 to Aerial Spraying (NZ) Ltd, Feilding and broken up for spares. Registration ZK-AXA cancelled 8.4.58. Fuselage scrapped at Gisborne 26.11.58.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauweru
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 20-Jul-2009 18:57 | angels one five | Updated |
| 12-Oct-2013 08:55 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2021 22:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 30-Oct-2021 14:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 06:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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