ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63912
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| Date: | Friday 18 March 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Auster Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AOQ |
| MSN: | DHNZ87 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Albury, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Timaru Airport, Washdyke, Canterbury (NZTU) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.87; Taken on charge as NZ837 by the RNZAF at Rongotai, Wellington 30.8.41. To 4 EFTS Whenuapai 9.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [3.42-2.43]. Damaged when force landed at Brighton after losing 6 inches from it's propellor during a simulated forced landing on 29.9.42. To ATC Touring Flight, Mangere, Auckland [1944]. To Taieri [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 20.2.47 to C.E. Roscoe, Bower Garage, New Brighton. NZ civil registered ZK-AOQ 19.3.47 to C.E. Roscoe, Christchurch. Re-registered 26.4.50 to Aerial Sowing (Canterbury) Ltd, Christchurch, and converted for agricultural (topdressing/crop-spraying) operations. Badly damaged when struck truck on take-off Waiau 4.8.50; repaired and returned to service.
Damaged on landing at Waimati 3.11.50; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged at Conway Flats 27.1.52; repaired and returned to service. Operated (in 1955) by (associate) Auster Air Services Ltd, Timaru. Badly damaged in accident Albury 18.3.55; Pilot T Morley. Repaired and returned to service.(Albury is a small village in the southern part of the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is inland from Timaru and located on State Highway 8 between Pleasant Point and Fairlie. It is in the Mackenzie Country).
Badly damaged in accident near Oamaru 21.9.55. Registration ZK-AOQ cancelled 24.8.62 at owners request
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.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113192
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albury,_New_Zealand
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 September 1955 | ZK-AOQ | Auster Air Services Ltd | 0 | Oamaru Airport, Otago | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Jul-2009 19:44 | angels one five | Updated |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:36 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 18:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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