ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63901
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| Date: | Monday 11 April 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Barr Brothers (Hawkes Bay) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AXX |
| MSN: | 84899 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waipukurau Aerodrome, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Waipukurau Airport, Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand (NZYP) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH 82a Tiger Moth MSN 84899; Taken on charge as T6570 at 10 EFTS RAF Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 18.8.41; to Stoke Orchard 9.41. To 3 EFTS RAF Shellingford 9.7.42. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 28.11.42. To 10 FIS (Flying Instructors School), RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 7.9.43. To 8 RAF EFTS RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 7.5.46, coded "FDQ-J". Returned to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinampton, Gloucestershire 25.5.46 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 30.3.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. UK civil registered as G-AMLE (C of R R3366/1) 17.8.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth. CofA A3366 issued 23.1.52. Registration G-AMLE cancelled 24.1.52 as "(sold abroad)".
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-AXX 31.3.52 to Barr Bros Ltd, Waipukurau. C of A issued 20.6.52. Badly damaged Hatuma 19.4.53; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled and crashed on take off at Waipukurau Airport, Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay Region, North Island, New Zealand 11.4.55; Pilot C J Barr. Registration ZK-AXX cancelled 9.5.56.
Waipukurau is the largest town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Tukituki River, 7 kilometres south of Waipawa and 50 kilometres southwest of Hastings
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britian)
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p848.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMLE.pdf
6. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-AXX.html
7. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56615-zk-axx-1
8. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
9. https://www.airmate.aero/php/airport_page.php?page=airport_page&code=NZYP
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waipukurau
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Jul-2009 19:53 | angels one five | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2011 15:18 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2013 03:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2021 22:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 19-Oct-2021 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 20:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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