ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347903
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| Date: | Saturday 27 March 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wellington Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AAV |
| MSN: | 1185 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rongotai Aerodrome, Rongotai, Wellington -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Rongotai Airport, Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand (WLG/NZWN) |
c/no. 1185 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #709] to F D Mill of Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd, New Zealand with C of A 2242 issued 20.9.29. Registered as ZK-AAV 22.11.29 to Hamilton Airways Ltd, Mangere. Company went into liquidation 28.4.30. Sold off as asset by liquidators, and re-registered 6.11.30 to Rotorua Airways Ltd. Re-registered (undated, but presumed early 1931) to R.R. Money (of Rotorua Airways). Re-registered 21.8.31 to Martin A Scott, Frankton; named "Mascot" (and exchanged/replacement for Desoutter ZK-ABX). Re-registered 23.9.32 to R.G. Tappenden & P.C Lewis, t/a Bohunk Airways, Mangere. Re-registered 24.4.33 to Wellington Aero Club, Rongotai, Wellington
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a Heavy landing at Rongotai Airport, Rongotai, Wellington 27.3.37 and withdrawn from use. Registration ZK-AAV cancelled 30.4.37. One source reported "broken up 26.8.37"
Sources:
1. AHSNZ, 1987, Journal, Vol 30 No 3.
2. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-new-zealand-register/gn-z-zk?highlight=WyJ6ay1hYXciXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAAH.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2023 02:33 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 24-Nov-2023 17:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-Nov-2023 17:10 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities] |
| 03-Dec-2023 07:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 10-Dec-2023 11:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location] |
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