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Date: | Sunday 17 December 1978 |
Time: | c. 11:20 |
Type: | De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | M G Neich & R J Tritt |
Registration: | ZK-CZX |
MSN: | 84526 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Inangahua Junction, West Coast -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Murchison, Lakes-Murchison Ward, Tasman District |
Destination airport: | Westport Airport, Buller District, West Coast Region (NZWS) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84526; Taken on charge by the RAF as T8253 at 3 EFTS RAF Watchfield 23.4.41; moved with unit to RAF Shellingford 12.41 later coded “FHI-L”. Crashed 6.6.47; to 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 11.8.47 for long-term stroage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 29.4.48 to Adie Aviation Ltd, Croydon Airport, Cryodon, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-AMNE (C of R R3641/1) 18.4.52 to Adie Aviation Ltd, Croydon. CofA issued 30.5.52. Registration G-AMNE cancelled 3.6.52 as 'sold abroad - New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BBK 12.8.52 to New Plymouth Aero Club. C of A issued 14.10.52. Re-registered 26.2.54 to J Paterson, Motiti Island [aircraft based at Tauranga]. Re-registered 1.5.59 to Tauranga Aero Club, Tauranga. Re-registered 1.5.61 to Tauranga Gliding Club, Tauranga.
Badly damaged when ran away during start-up Tauranga Airport, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty, 2.12.61. Pilot Brister. Registration ZK-BBK cancelled 16.5.68 as damaged beyond repair.
Rebuilt and re-registered ZK-CZX (with MSN "T8253R") 4.7.69 to Ian Bennie, Auckland. Re-registered 8.11.71 to Cliff N Bellingham, Waiuku. Re-registered 30.11.76 to M G Neich & R J Tritt, Wellington [aircraft based at Paraparaumu]. Collided with power lines and crashed into river at Inangahua Junction, near Whitecliffs 17.12.78; The vintage biplane was flying through the Buller Gorge when it struck wires and crashed. Pilot Murray Neich and his passenger Jacqueline Barber both died - the impact was survivable but the aircraft crashed upside-down in the river.
Inangahua is a small settlement in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. It consists of three settled areas: Inangahua Junction at the confluence of the Inangahua and Buller Rivers, 34 kilometres (21 miles) north of Reefton and 46 kilometres (29 miles) southeast of Westport; Inagahua Landing, 10 km further up the Inangahua River; and Inangauhua township, 2 km east of the Junction. Murchison is 52 kilometres (32 miles) further east. After the 1968 Inangahua Earthquake, most of the inhabitants left the area or shifted to the township, which is now the population centre and known simply as Inangahua.
Registration cancelled 16.7.79. Used as spares in the rebuild of Tiger Moth ZK-ALX in 1981. On rebuild 1986-88 by Glenn Thompson, Palmerston North. On rebuild [1998-2000] at Gisborne.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2.
Civil Air Accident Files, Archives New Zealand
3. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 187-188. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
4. AHSNZ, 1985, Journal, Vol 28 No 1.
5.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMNE.pdf 6.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p845.html 8. Tiger Moth ZK-BBK at Matamata Aerodrome Airport, Matamata New Zealand (NZMA) in 1961:
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000913260.html 9.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1754834 10.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 11. As ZK-CZX at Wigram 2.9.78:
https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=109224 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inangahua_Junction 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison,_New_Zealand#Transport_and_infrastructure 14.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westport_Airport_(New_Zealand)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Feb-2009 21:10 |
angels one five |
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22-May-2009 02:32 |
XLerate |
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24-May-2009 04:03 |
angels one five |
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24-May-2009 04:51 |
angels one five |
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09-Jun-2009 21:28 |
XLerate |
Updated |
08-Aug-2020 03:21 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
17-Dec-2021 17:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
26-Jan-2022 05:00 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
07-Feb-2022 04:30 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
22-Feb-2022 23:30 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator, Damage] |