ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63592
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 October 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Southland and Otago Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AJL |
| MSN: | 83206/DHNZ29 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Five Forks, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Five Forks, near Dunedin, Otago |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 83206; Fuselage built at Cowley, Oxford by Morris Motors Ltd. Shipped to DeHaviiland New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Assembled as DHNZ.29 at Rongotai, and taken on charge by RNZAF at Unit 18 Rongotai as NZ779 on 1.11.40. To 4 EFTS Whenuapai 1.41. To 2 EFTS Ashburton [1943-44]; coded "5". To 42 Squadron [1944-45].
Sold 13.6.46 to Otago Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AJL 10.6.46 to Otago Aero Club, Dunedin. Fitted with canopy (by 1949). Converted to for agrocultural (tropdressing/crop spraying) operations at an unkmnonw date after August 1950. Re-registered 9.6.53 to Southland & Otago Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Dunedin. Canopy removed (by 2.57). Hit by truck while parked at Oamaru 11.7.57; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Five Forks, near Dunedin, Otago on 9.10.57. Pilot: G.C. Kluck. Registration ZK-AJL cancelled 5.3.58. Five Forks is a farming locality on the north side of the Kakanui River, 20 km south-west of Oamaru - So named because the locality was the junction of five roads.
Tiger Moth ZK-AJL Subsequently re-appeared at Mandeville in the late 1960s after having been rebuilt to non-flying condition utilising parts from ZK-BJK. Later transferred to the Yaldhurst Museum, Christchurch for display. The museum exhibit consisted of fuselage, undercarriage, cowlings and rudder and bore no identification other than "ZK-AJL" pencilled on the rear instrument panel. The cowlings were white with a black anti-dazzle panel, the same as the scheme worn by the aircraft at Mandeville
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AJL.html
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p832.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz730-to-nz798-1939-to-1956
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
9. https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz22892/Five-Forks/
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunedin .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-May-2012 16:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2016 08:07 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2016 08:25 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2016 08:27 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2017 06:37 | angels one five | Updated [Damage] |
| 10-Oct-2021 16:33 | Antonio | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2021 12:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 17-Nov-2021 12:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Nov-2021 12:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2022 00:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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