ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63563
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| Date: | Friday 22 November 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | South Otago Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-BLI |
| MSN: | DHNZ128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Balclutha Aerodrome, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Balclutha Aerodrome, Balclutha, South Otago, South Island |
| Balclutha Aerodrome, Balclutha, South Otago, South Island | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.128; Taken on charge as NZ1448 at Unit 18 Rongotai, Wellington, 10.10.42. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [3.44-4.44].
Declared surplus by Government Stores Board on SR17/55 on 22.5.55; sold by tender number 5968 to Hawera Aero Club for £505. Struck off charge 7.7.55. New Zealand civil registered as ZK-BLI 6.7.55 to Brian L Haybittle, (Chief Flying Instructor of Hawera Aero Club), Hawera. Re-registered 24.9.56 to South Otago Aero Club, Balclutha. Badly damaged on landing Balclutha Aerodrome, Balclutha, South Otago, South Island 22.11.57; pilot B R Renton. Repaired and returned to service.
Re-registered 4.4.63 to A J Padgett, t/a Rexair Flying School, Dunedin; named "Captain Bli". Regd 28.8.79 to D J MacMillan, Dunedin. Re-registered 31.8.84 to I H Atkinson, Hanmer Springs. Re-registered 20.12.85 to Peter H Elworthy (Sir Peter from 11.6.1988 - he was knighted in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours List), Timaru (based Craigmore). Badly damaged when overturned on landing near Waimate 30.1.88; repaired and returned to service.
Painted in RNZAF colours as NZ1448 “48” (2.2000). (Sir Peter died 11.1.2004). Regd 14.3.2005 to Tiger BLI Syndicate, Manukau. Currently registered.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ1.html
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/code-number/NZ1448?f=&sort=date_taken_formatted&order=asc
6. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N9U7PfSKRiA/XnU3ZEfbs0I/AAAAAAAAmN0/UuH5ZpLZSfQNOYiW5hk-hLOIu9taDEJ0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/BLI%2BAS%2B14-03-20.jpg
7. https://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_klaver/3374287210/
8. https://steemkr.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz-1421-to-nz-1465-1939-to-1956-part-6
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Elworthy#Hobbies
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha_Aerodrome
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 September 1962 | ZK-BLI | South Otago Aero Club | 0 | Balclutha Aerodrome, Otago | |
sub |
| 30 January 1988 | ZK-BLI | Peter Herbert Elworthy | 0 | Near Waimate, Canterbury | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Nov-2021 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2021 18:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 10:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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