ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63626
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 April 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aerial Sowing (Canterbury) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BNB |
| MSN: | DHNZ171 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tawai, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Tawai, Glenavy, Canterbury, South Island | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.171; Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ1491 at Unit 39, Rongotai, Wellington 13.6.44. Declared surplus on Goverment Stores Board SR132/55 on 15.8.55; sold by tender number 6091 to Aircraft Engineering Co of NZ Ltd for £395. Struck off charge 13.12.55.
NZ civil registered as ZK-BNB 22.12.55 to Aircraft Engineering Co of New Zealand Ltd., and operated by associate company Airlift (NZ) Ltd, Rongotai, Wellington. New Zealand C of A issued 6.4.56. Badly damaged in crash on landing Tawai 9.4.57; repaired and rebuilt for agriculturual (topdressing/cropspraying) operations; returned to service. Tawai is situated near Glenavy, in Canterbury, New Zealand, its geographical coordinates are 44°53'0" South, 170°59' 0" east
Re-registered 14.2.58 to Auster Air Services Ltd, Timaru; operated by (associate) Aerial Sowing (Canterbury) Ltd, Christchurch.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into HT overhead wires on forced landing at Waitohi 14.8.59; pilot E Burden. Registration ZK-BNB cancelled 21.4.60.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ1.html
3. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
4. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/57034-zk-bnb-1
5. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz1466-to-nz-1500-1939-to-1956-part-7
6. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/57034-zk-bnb-1
7. https://mapcarta.com/16709052
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 1959 | ZK-BNB | Aerial Sowing (Canterbury) Ltd | 0 | Waitohi, Canterbury | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Nov-2021 03:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 09:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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