ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63524
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 February 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Spraying Contractors Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BJI |
| MSN: | 82081 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Cheltenham, Manawatu 2 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Feilding, Manawatu District, Manawatū-Whanganui region,New Zealand |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82081 (Gipsy Major #80999); Taken on charge as N6811 at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 23.5.39. To 12 E&RFTS RAF Prestwick, Ayrshire 7.7.39. Unit renamed 12 EFTS upon outbreak of wat 3.9.39. To 19 EFTS RAF Sealand, Flintshire 5.3.41. To 24 EFTS RAF Sealand, Flintshire 7.2.42. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 16.7.45. To 2 Grading Unit, RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire 16.6.52. Ferried to 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 3.3.53 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 21.9.53 to Association of British Aero Clubs. To Wolverhampton Aviation, Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire for onward sale to New Zealand. Sold to New Zealand and registered as ZK-BJI 7.12.54 to Aircraft Sales & Service Ltd, Feilding. Re-registered 23.7.55 to Aerial Spraying (NZ) Ltd, Feilding. Converted for agricultural (crop spraying/topdressing) operatons, and first flown in New Zealand 3.11.56.
Badly damaged when struck crop whilst spraying Cheltenham, 8 miles North East of Feilding, Manawatu District 11.2.58; pilot F Desborough. Cheltenham is a township 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) north-east of Feilding in the Manawatu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand's central North Island.
Presumably repaired and returned to service in 1958, as re-registered 10.10.61 to F H Desborough, Feilding, Manawatu District, Manawatū-Whanganui region,New Zealand. Crashed (details unknown, but presumed in 1962-63 and to spares at Kairanga. To Aerocraft (NZ) Ltd, Palmerston North for spares c.1964. To Palmerston North Flying School, Palmerston North c.1965. Registration ZK-BJI cancelled as "Withdrawn From Use" 11.11.66.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain)
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p820.html
4. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
5. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56924-zk-bji-1
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham,_New_Zealand
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 27-Sep-2021 08:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Nov-2021 04:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Nov-2021 04:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Nov-2021 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2022 07:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 13-Feb-2022 03:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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