ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64075
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| Date: | Thursday 26 February 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aircraft Service (NZ) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AWG |
| MSN: | DHNZ149 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glen Murray, Waikato -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Mangere Airfield, Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.149; Taken on charge as NZ1469 at Rongotai 3.9.43. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [3.44-4.44].
Struck off charge when sold on free issue 14.3.49 to Rotorua & Bay of Plenty Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AWG 24.7.50 to Aircraft Service (NZ) Ltd, Ardmore; fleet no.4. C of A issued 22.9.50. Originally used as a hack by the company from 22.9.50 but converted to topdresser by October of that year. This aircraft made 3,445 takeoffs at 2000lb all-up weight without a mishap during a 3 month period of topdressing sorties in early 1952.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Glen Murray, Waikato, New Zealand, on ferry flight on 26.2.53 after stalling in a turn and spinning into the ground, seriously injuring pilot Mike McVeigh. Registration ZK-AWG cancelled 15.9.53.
The reported crash location of Glen Murray is a rural community in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, on Highway 22, about 6 km (3.7 miles) up the Tikotiko Stream from Lake Whangape.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ1.html
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
5. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz1466-to-nz-1500-1939-to-1956-part-7
6. ZK-AWG (ex. NZ1469) of Auckland Aerial Services at Mangere, Auckland: https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113859 [photo]
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Murray,_New_Zealand
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 13-Jul-2009 15:27 | angels one five | Updated |
| 01-Mar-2015 21:42 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2021 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Jan-2022 22:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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