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Date: | Sunday 19 January 1958 |
Time: | c. 16:20 LT |
Type: | De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Hauraki Aero Club |
Registration: | ZK-AJG |
MSN: | DHNZ98 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Thames Aerodrome, Waikato -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | Thames Aerodrome, Waikato, New Zealand (NZTH) |
Destination airport: | Thames Aerodrome, Waikato, New Zealand (NZTH) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.98; Taken on charge as NZ848 at Unit 18, Rongotai, Wellington 18.10.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [6.42-2.43]. To RNZAF Wigram [1945] for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 19.7.46 to Canterbury Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AJG 17.7.46 to Canterbury Aero Club, Christchurch. Re-registered 20.10.49 to James Aviation Ltd, Hamilton, and converted for agricultural (top dressoing.crop spraying) operations. Re-registered 23.3.56 to Hauraki Aero Club, Thames. Reported as written off following damage on ground Thames 6.7.57 (but possibly this involved another aircraft?).
Crashed during aerobatics Thames and destroyed by fire 19.1.58. Pilot John William Powell killed. The pilot had carried out an informal aerobatic display near the town of Thames and on returning to the aerodrome entered an aerobatic manoeuvre known as the " falling leaf " at an estimated height of 2,000 feet AGL. The weather was CAVU with a westerly wind of 5-10 knots. The aircraft failed to recover in time and collided with the ground, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed instantly and the Tiger Moth was destroyed.
Registration ZK-AJG cancelled 5.3.58 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1.
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm 2.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 3.
http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Aerodrome 7. Tiger Moth ZK-AJG in December 1947;
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22648689?search%5Bi%5D%5Bprimary_collection%5D=TAPUHI&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=Harewood&search%5Bpath%5D=photos 8.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AJG.html 9.
https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/112701 See also:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/63595
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 July 1957 |
ZK-AJG |
Hauraki Aero Club |
0 |
Thames Aerodrome, Waikato |
|
sub |
Media:
De Havilland aircraft factory, Rongotai, Wellington, 1941: Tiger Moth NZ848 can be seen in the background
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
17-Jul-2009 02:50 |
angels one five |
Updated |
21-May-2011 02:39 |
angels one five |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
01-Jun-2011 11:49 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
05-Jan-2013 02:14 |
angels one five |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
10-Oct-2021 16:33 |
Antonio |
Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
18-Nov-2021 21:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
29-Dec-2021 05:02 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
29-Jan-2022 09:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |