ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63913
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 March 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Airspread Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-ANX |
| MSN: | DHNZ144 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Te Puke, Bay of Plenty 2 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Te Puke, Western Bay Of Plenty, North Island |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.144; Taken on charge as NZ1464 at Unit 39, RNZAF Rongotai, Wellington 21.7.43. To Whenuapai [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal
Sold 13.8.48 to Piako Federated Aero Club from Whenuapai. New Zealand civil registered as ZK-ANX 25.11.47 to Piako Federated Aero Club. Damaged Waharoa Airfield 30.9.48; repaired and returned to service. Registered 9.2.51 to Ronald I Graham, t/a Airspread Ltd, Tauranga. Converted to agricultural (topdressing/crop spraying) operations. Badly damaged when struck fence post on take-off Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty 11.5.51; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 21.4.52 to Airspread Ltd, Tauranga.
Badly damaged in crash Te Puke, Western Bay Of Plenty, North Island, 15.3.55; Pilot D R Taylor. Te Puke is a town located 28 kilometres southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty of New Zealand.
Repaired and returned to service; sold 4.57 and re-registered 8.4.57 to James Aviation Ltd, Rukuhia. Crashed on take-off and written off at Te Akau 17.5.57. Registration ZK-ANX cancelled 28.8.57
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ1.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
6. https://steemkr.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz-1421-to-nz-1465-1939-to-1956-part-6
7. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56349-zk-anx-1
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Puke
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 May 1957 | ZK-ANX | James Aviation Ltd | 0 | Te Akau, Waikato | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-Jul-2009 17:21 | angels one five | Updated |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:35 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 07-Oct-2021 00:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Oct-2021 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 09:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 14-Feb-2022 01:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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