ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63211
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| Date: | Sunday 8 April 1962 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Upper Valley Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AIL |
| MSN: | 83493 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wallaceville, Wellington 4 -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Wallaceville, Upper Hutt, North Island,, New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83493 (Gipsy Major #83676); Built by Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for the RAF and Taken on charge as T5764. Shipped direct to New Zealand on the s.s."Rangitiki" 5.7.40. Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ661 at Unit 18, Rongotai, Wellington 26.9.40. To 4 EFTS Whenuapai 1941. To 2 EFTS Ashburton 1943. To 42 Squadron 1945.
Struck off charge when sold 4.4.46 to Hawera Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AIL 19.2.46 to Hawera Aero Club, Hawera. Re-registered 8.8.58 to Wanganui Aero Club. Re-registered early 1959 to R Simpson, Auckland. Re-registered 1.12.61 to W E Newth, Palmerston North. Re-registered 7.2.62 to Upper Valley Gliding Club, Upper Hutt.
Badly damaged 8.4.62 when stalled and crashed shortly after take off from Wallaceville, Upper Hutt, North Island. Wallaceville is a suburb of Upper Hutt (located in the lower (southern) North Island of New Zealand). CofA lapsed and registration cancelled as "Withdrawn From Use" 1.12.63.
Registration restored 15.6.66 to I T East, Wellington. Re-registered 16.9.74 to Keith C Trillo, Papakura, Auckland. Stored (by 1978). Registration ZK-AIL cancelled 12.2.91 as "stored". Stored in Auckland (by 1996); Believed to still be stored, dismantled, in Auckland, pending long-term rebuild by K C Trillo.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force AIrcraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain)
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p834.html
5. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
6. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AIL.html
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaceville
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 02-Jun-2012 16:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 01:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2021 12:24 | Antonio | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Dec-2021 17:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Jan-2022 04:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jan-2022 04:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Feb-2022 02:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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