ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63740
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| Date: | Sunday 1 April 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Southland Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AYF |
| MSN: | DHNZ86 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gore Airfield, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gore Airport, Gore, Gore District, Southland, South Island (NZGC) |
| Gore Airport, Gore, Gore District, Southland, South Island (NZGC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.86; Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ836 at Unit 18, Rongotai, Wellington 29.8.41. To 2 EFTS Ashburton [1942-43]. To Wigram [1944].
Struck off charge when sold 3.3.47 [as free issue] to Southland Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AYF 7.3.51 to Southland Aero Club, Invercargill (after being in storage for four years). Reflown 3.3.51 following rebuild with parts from Tiger Moth ZK-AOW (ex-NZ896, crashed at Mossburn on 16.12.50 and cancelled from register on 10.12.52). Badly damaged when struck hangar door on start-up at Gore 8.3.51; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit car on landing at Gore Airport, Gore, Gore District, Southland, South Island, New Zealand and crashed 1.4.56. Pilot J. Dynes. Registration ZK-AYF cancelled 1.8.56
Gore (Māori: Maruawai) is a town and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand, at approximate coordinates 46°9′24″S, 168°53′54″E. Gore Airport (ICAO: NZGC), also known as Charlton Aerodrome, is an aerodrome between Gore and Mataura in New Zealand. It is 3.5 miles South West of Gore on State Highway 1.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
6. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz-799-to-nz-850-1939-to-1956
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 20-Jul-2009 18:53 | angels one five | Updated |
| 12-Oct-2013 08:50 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2021 14:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 30-Oct-2021 14:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 18:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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