ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347921
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| Date: | Monday 23 May 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wairarapa Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ABE |
| MSN: | 1448 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Woodville Racecourse, Woodville, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, Wairarapa (MRO/NZMS) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 1448 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #826] to Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd, New Zealand with C of A 2355 issued 30.12.29. Erected and flown 6.4.30. Registered as ZK-ABE [C of R 66] 8.5.30 to Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club, Masterton, Wairarapa.
Substantially damaged 17.12.31 when flipped over when landing on sand at South Beach, Whanganui. Aircraft sustained engine failure and force landed. Trucked to Masterton for repairs, then returned to service.
Stalled and crashed into paddock near Woodville Racecourse 23.3.32. Damage must have been minor as it was back flying within a month. As reported in a contemporary local newspaper (Hawera Star, 24 May 1932, Page 8 - see link #1)
"AEROPLANE CRASH
WAIRARAPA MACHINE DAMAGED
MISHAP AT WOODVILLE
MASTERTON, May 23
The Wairarapa Aero Club’s aeroplane, ZK-ABE, crashed at Woodville on Saturday afternoon. The pilot, Mr H. T. Parsons, was unhurt. The engine apparently stalled when the pilot was about to make a landing on the Woodville racecourse, and the machine crashed from a height of about 100 feet into a paddock alongside the racecourse. The undercarriage, propeller and both wings of the ’plane suffered, but the machine was not seriously damaged.
Flying-Officer J. H. Buckeridge, pilot instructor to the club, and Mr J. H. Preston, ground engineer, proceeded to Woodville after the accident, and the aeroplane was dismantled and conveyed to Masterton by lorry in the evening. Repairs are already under way and it is anticipated that the aeroplane will be in the air again in about a week’s time."
ZK-ABE seems to have been somewhat accident-prone; between 17.12.31 and 21.6.39 it was involved in at least seven separate accidents of varying severity (see separate entries)
Sources:
1. Hawera Star, 24 May 1932, Page 8: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19320524.2.112
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=WyJ6ay1hYmUiXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville,_New_Zealand
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1931 | ZK-ABE | Wairarapa Aero Club | 0 | South Beach, Whanganui | |
sub |
| 25 June 1932 | ZK-ABE | Wairarapa Aero Club | 0 | T G Basset Property, Carterton, Wairarapa | |
sub |
| 23 December 1932 | ZK-ABE | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 0 | Orongorongo Beach, Wellington 3 | |
sub |
| 30 October 1933 | ZK-ABE | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 0 | Hood Aerodrome, Wairarapa | |
sub |
| 12 January 1939 | ZK-ABE | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 0 | Makara Beach, Wellington 1 | |
sub |
| 21 June 1939 | ZK-ABE | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 0 | Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, Wairarapa | |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2023 07:36 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 15-Nov-2023 08:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jan-2024 08:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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