ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64581
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 December 1947 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Paraparaumu Flying School |
| Registration: | ZK-APL |
| MSN: | DHNZ78 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Paraparaumu Airport, Wellington 5 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Paraparaumu Airport, Paraparaumu, New Zealand (NZPP) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth constructed by DH New Zealand at Rongotai from local materials with New Zealand MSN DHNZ.78: Taken on charge as NZ828 at Rongotai 14.7.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [3.42-4.42]. To 2 EFTS Ashburton [by 1944]. To RNZAF Woodbourne for disposal
Sold 30.12.46 to F.T Eustace, Palmerston North; but sale cancelled. Registered ZK-ANI 9.1.47 to F.T. Eustace, Palmerston North. Crashed early 5.47 (or sale not completed) and registration ZK-ANI cancelled 14.5.47. Sold instead 2.5.47 to Jack Mervyn Gould, Paraparaumu, Wellington. Re-registered as ZK-APL 6.5.47 to Jack Mervyn Gould, t/a Paraparaumu Flying School, Paraparaumu.
Written off (destroyed) when it crashed into a house near Paraparaumu 24.12.47; pilot Jack Gould killed. Aircraft and part of house destroyed by fire. Registration ZK-APL cancelled 28.5.48
Paraparaumu is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, 55 kilometres north of the nation's capital city, Wellington
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. Photo of ZK-APL at Paraparumu in 1947: https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113309
6. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/61670
7. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56390-zk-apl-1
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraparaumu#Airport
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapiti_Coast_Airport
10. Bay of Plenty Times, 26 December 1947
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 08-Feb-2011 15:44 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2011 11:28 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:26 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 09:13 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2021 16:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Sep-2021 14:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Nov-2021 04:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2022 22:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 13-Feb-2022 04:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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