ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63895
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 May 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Airlift (NZ) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BFC |
| MSN: | 82301 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Toko, Taranaki -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Toko, Taranaki, 10km East of Stratford, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 82301 (Gipsy Major #82001); Taken on charge as N9184 at 27 MU RAF Shawbury, Shropshire 6.9.39. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 8.10.40. Crashed 31.1.42 [presumed at Elmdon]; to Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 5.2.42. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 7.3.42 upon completion of repairs. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 2.8.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 9.9.53 to Aerocontacts Ltd. UK civil registered as G-ANCK (C of R R4095/1) 2.9.53 to Aerocontacts Ltd, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, Horley, Surrey. C of A not known. Registration G-ANCK cancelled 12.3.54 as 'sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BFC 21.7.54 to Airlift (NZ) Ltd, Wellington.
Badly damaged when hit fence on take-off Toko, Taranaki 3.5.55; Pilot D. Winter. Various published sources differ in their opinion as to whether or not ZK-BFC was repaired and returned to service. Withdrawn from use 5.56 and scrapped at Masterton 1.59. Registration ZK-BFC belatedly cancelled 20.4.65.
Toko is a small rural settlement in Taranaki, 10 kilometres east of Stratford, New Zealand, at the intersection of East Road and Toko Road.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANCK.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
5. http://edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZBA/ZK-BFC.html
6. http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2015/09/hood-may-1957.html
7. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/296937
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toko
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-Jul-2009 17:27 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Oct-2013 20:32 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2021 13:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Jan-2022 10:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 06:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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