ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64029
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 December 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Farming of NZ Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BCG |
| MSN: | 84581 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Taringamotu Valley, King Country -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Palmerston North, Milson, Manawatū-Whanganui Region,New Zealand (NZPM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84581; Taken on charge as T6114 at 45 MU RAF Kinloss, Morayshire 9.5.41. To RAF Woolsington, Northumberland 23.5.41. To RAF Ouston, Northumberland 28.5.41. To 64 Squadron, RAF Friston 5.8.43; moved with the squadron to Gravesend, Kent 8.43; West Malling, Kent 9.43; Coltishall, Norfolk 9.43. Crashed 11.3.44 [presumed at Coltishall, Norfolk]. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan [undated, bur probably 3,44]. To 2 FIS (Flying Instructors School), RAF Montrose 13.2.45. [Reportedly ferried Whitchurch-Hawarden 14.2.45]. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 17.7.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 31.3.51 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth. UK civilian registered as G-AMVE (C of R R3835/1) 6.10.52 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 18.11.52 and re-registered (C of R R3835/2) on 28.11.52 to W.S. Shackleton Ltd, Piccadilly, London W1. C of A issued 4.12.52. Registration G-AMVE cancelled 7.1.53 as 'sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in NZ as ZK-BCG 25.2.53 to Aerial Farming of NZ Ltd, Palmerston North, Milson, Manawatū-Whanganui Region,New Zealand. NZ C of A issued 16.4.53.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Taumaranui, Taringamotu Valley, King Country, 16.12.53; Pilot D McMillan. Registration ZK-BCG cancelled 9.2.54.
The reported crash location of Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kuiti and 55 km west of Turangi at approximate coordinates 38°53′0″S, 175°15′42″E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2.https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMVE.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p845.html
5. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumarunui
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 15-Jul-2009 17:36 | angels one five | Updated |
| 21-Feb-2016 06:55 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 29-Sep-2021 10:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Oct-2021 17:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 21:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 22-Feb-2022 05:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Nature] |
| 22-Feb-2022 05:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Nature]] |
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