ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347959
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| Date: | Saturday 11 July 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wairarapa Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ACD |
| MSN: | 1554 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, Wairarapa (MRO/NZMS) |
| Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, Wairarapa (MRO/NZMS) |
c/no. 1554 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #1025] to Dominion of New Zealand with C of A 2726 issued 9.9.30. Delivered 7.11.30. Registered as ZK-ACD 9.12.30 to Wairarapa Aero Club, Masterton. (Renamed Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club 8.12.32).
Badly damaged when spun in 11.7.31; Student pilot practising spins crashed into the ground from 150 feet. Aircraft badly damaged, repairs took 2 years. According to a contemporary local newspaper report (Evening Star, 11 July 1931, Page 17 - see link #2)
A PLANE CRASHES
MACHINE BADLY DAMAGED
[Per United Press Association.]
MASTERTON, July 11.
When being flown over the Masterton aerodrome this morning an aeroplane belonging to the Wairarapa Aero Club suddenly went into a spin and crashed with great force. The pilot, A. W. Buchanan, received a number of slight cuts about the face and body, but fortunately escaped serious injury. The machine was fairly extensively damaged. (Press Association telegram).
Subsequent history:
Repaired and re-flown 9.1.33. Damaged beyond repair when hit fence in forced landing in Waitahora Valley 12.2.38, en route Masterton-Dannevirke. Not repaired, broken up as spares 8.38 (see separate entry)
Sources:
1. AHSNZ, 1988, Journal, Vol 31 No 2.
2. Evening Star, 11 July 1931, Page 17: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19310711.2.107
3. Manawatu Standard, 11 July 1931, Page 2: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19310711.2.10
4. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-new-zealand-register/gn-z-zk?highlight=WyJnLWFiYW4iXQ==
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_Aerodrome#History
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 January 1935 | ZK-ACD | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 0 | Hood Aerodrome, Wairarapa | |
sub |
| 12 February 1938 | ZK-ACD | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 0 | Waitahora Valley, Hawke's Bay | |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2023 04:26 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 30-Nov-2023 18:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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