ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63577
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| Date: | Friday 27 September 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wanganui Aero Work Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AJI |
| MSN: | 82966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Karioi, Whanganui -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Central North Island |
| Karioi, Ruapehu District, near Waiouru | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 82966 (Gipsy Major #82871); Built at DeHavilland at Hatfield, UK as R5071 but Shipped to New Zealand on the s.s "Rangitane" 14.5.40. Taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ894 at Unit 18, Rongotai, Wellington 24.7.40. To 3 EFTS, Harewood [1940-42] coded "Z". To 2 EFTS, Ashburton [1943]. To 3 EFTS, Harewood [1944]. To Wigram [1945] for lomng-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 19.7.46 to Canterbury Aero Club. NZ civil registere as ZK-AJI 28.5.46 to Canterbury Aero Club, Christchurch. Crashed at Harewood, near Christchurch 18.2.48; repaired and returned to serivce. Re-registered 12.11.53 to Wanganui Aero Work Ltd, Wanganui. Converted for agricultural (topdessing/crop spraying) operations.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when forced, landed out of fuel, and crashed at Karioi, Ruapehu District, near Waiouru 27.9.57. Pilot: R.J. Harding. Registration ZK-AJI cancelled 3.3.58. Remains scrapped at Palmerston North in 12.58.
Karioi (or Mount Karioi) is a 2.4 million year old extinct stratovolcano 8 km SW of Raglan in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p829.html
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AJI.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
8. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56218-zk-aji-1
9. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz-851-to-nz900-1939-to-1956-part-4
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karioi
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 12-Nov-2009 20:42 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Feb-2017 01:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2017 01:46 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2021 16:33 | Antonio | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2021 21:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Jan-2022 06:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 11-Feb-2022 08:50 | Wingnut | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 11-Feb-2022 08:50 | harro | Updated [Category] |
| 12-Feb-2022 02:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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