ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64035
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 December 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Fieldair Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-ASV |
| MSN: | 83384/DHNZ36 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Otoko, East Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gisborne, New Zealand (GIS/NGZS) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83384; Fuselage built by Morris Motors Ltd., at Cowley, Oxford. To DeHavilland New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Remainder of airframe constructed at Rongotai as DHNZ.36 and taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ786 at Unit 18 Rongotai 25.11.40. To RNZAF at Taieri.
Struck off charge (WARB release no. 4885) when sold 8.7.47 to T.E.A. Nevell, Otago. NZ civil registered as ZK-ASV 13.1.49; It was unused by Nevell and sold to Airwork NZ Ltd (NZ) Ltd, Christchurch; loaned to South Canterbury Aero Club. Badly damaged when caught bywhirlwind on take-off at Pukaki Airport 2.12.49; repaired, converted for topdressing/aerial spaying operations and returned to service. Re-registered 16.10.51 to Gisborne Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd. Re-registered (on name change) 12.51 to Fieldair Ltd, Gisborne.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Otoko, Gisborne, North Island, New Zealand 2.12.53; Pilot A Foster. Registration ZK-ASV cancelled 8.3.54.
Registration restored 15.9.95 to B.D. Dunn, Wellington. On rebuild (in 1998) by Croydon Aircraft Co, Mandeville (complete by 2002). Re-registered 25.3.10 to Croydon Aircraft Co Ltd, Gore. Currently registered.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/ZK-ASV
4. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9187588 [photo]
5. https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/nz/ASV
6. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoko,_New_Zealand
Media:
ZK-ASV (NZ786) de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth 2 21 November 2016, 16:25
_de_Havilland_DH-82A_Tiger_Moth_2_(31640873486).jpg)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Jul-2009 16:00 | angels one five | Updated |
| 09-Jul-2009 16:01 | angels one five | Updated |
| 21-Feb-2016 06:54 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Location] |
| 11-Oct-2021 00:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 11-Oct-2021 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2021 00:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Jan-2022 05:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 03:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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