ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347895
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| Date: | Sunday 21 March 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Southland Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AAG |
| MSN: | 929 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cromwell, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Invercargill Airport, Invercargill (IVC/NZNV) |
| Cromwell, Otago |
c/no. 929 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #155] to Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd with C of A 1738 issued 29.12.28. Registered as G-NZEF 15.3.29 to Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd. Re-registered 23.2.29 [date unconfirmed] to Waikato Airways Ltd, t/a Hamilton Airways, Hamilton; Fleet No 1. Re-registered as ZK-AAG 1.12.29. Hamilton Airways went into liquidation and Moth ZK-AAG bought by one of its pilots, John H.M Smith 3.9.30; re-registered to him (undated, but probably September/October 1930). Smith formed Southland Aero Club, Invercargill; ownership formally transferred to them 19.1.31.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when ran into ditch on landing at Cromwell, Otago 21.3.37. Withdrawn from use and later broken up for scrap and spares.
Cromwell (Māori: Tīrau) is a town in Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. Cromwell is located on the shores of Lake Dunstan where the Kawarau River joins Lake Dunstan
Sources:
1. Cromwell Argus And Northern Goldfield Gazette, Cromwell, Otago Monday, March 22, 1937: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/cromwell-argus/1937/03/22
2. AHSNZ, 1987, Journal, Vol 30 No 3.
3. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-new-zealand-register/gn-z-zk?highlight=WyJ6ay1hYXgiXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p009.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZK-.html
8. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAAH.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwell,_New_Zealand
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2023 22:28 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 25-Nov-2023 15:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 04-Dec-2023 17:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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