ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63908
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 March 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Airwork (NZ) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-ARU |
| MSN: | DHNZ99 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Conway River, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.99; Taken on charge as NZ849 at Rongotai, Wellington 22.10.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [12.41-11.43]. To RNZAF Wigram [1944].
Sold 15.4.48 [as free issue] to Canterbury Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-ARU 25.5.48 to Canterbury Aero Club. Registered 30.11.48 to CW Hewett as part of the " Flying Kiwis" aerobatic team. Operated by Southland Aerial Fertilising Co, Queenstown. Damaged when struck by ZK-AQA on ground at Harewood Airport 18.4.49; repaired and returned to service. Registreation ZK-ARU cancelled 6.12.49 as sold to Australia (when C.W.Hewitt relocated to Sydney, NSW in late 1949). Re-registered as VH-BNO 16.12.49 to C.W. Hewett, Sydney, NSW. Registration VH-BNO cancelled 2.5.51 as sold New Zealand. Registration ZK-ARU restored 16.2.51 to (Hewett's company) Southland Aerial Fertiliser Co Ltd. Re-registered 25.5.53 to Airwork (NZ) Ltd.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when forced landed in the Conway River at Claverley, Hurunui District, Canterbury, New Zealand 30.3.55; Pilot D B Erskine. Registration ZK-ARU cancelled 9.12.55.
Claverley is situated northeast of Conway Flat, a settlement close to the Pacific Ocean Coast of north Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. The Conway River is part of the traditional boundary between the Canterbury and Marlborough regions in the South Island of New Zealand.
It arises in the Amuri Range near Palmer Saddle and runs for 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-east through the Hundalee Hills at the south end of the Seaward Kaikoura Mountains before turning north-east and reaching the Pacific Ocean 30 kilometres south of Kaikoura
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
4. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-ARU.html
6. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/12316-vh-bno-1
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_River_(New_Zealand)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-Jul-2009 18:05 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Oct-2013 20:14 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:37 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 15-Oct-2021 18:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Oct-2021 22:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 04:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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