ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63776
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| Date: | Thursday 15 December 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Stratford Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ARC |
| MSN: | 82836/DHNZ5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lepperton, Taranaki -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Stratford |
| New Plymouth | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
82836 To DH New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Assembled as DHNZ.5 and to RNZAF as NZ755; toc at Rongotai 22.8.40. To 2 EFTS New Plymouth [.41]. To 3 EFTS Harewood [.42]. To Wigram.
Sold 20.11.47 to JM Gould of Paraparaumu Flying School – but he was killed 24.12.47 in ZK-APL. Regd ZK-ARC 27.1.48 to Hauraki Aero Club, Thames. Badly damaged on take-off Thames 3.4.53; wreckage sold. Regd 12.5.54 to Air Contracts Ltd. Regd 8.10.54 to Stratford Aero Club
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15.12.55 when crashed at Lepperton, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Plymouth
Pilot L. Scott. Aircraft forced landed on farm at Lepperton. Auster ZK-AJS also forced landed around the other
side of Mount Taranaki because of weather conditions, with extensive damage.
Inglewood is a town in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is 16 kilometres southeast of New Plymouth on State Highway 3, close to Mount Taranaki, and sits 200 metres above sea level
Sources:
1. http://archway.archivesftft.govt.nsidez/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood,_New_Zealand
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 March 1958 | ZK-ARC | Stratford Aero Club | 0 | Cardiff, Stratford, Taranaki | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 20-Jul-2009 15:44 | angels one five | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2013 05:22 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2013 05:05 | scottie | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:42 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2021 15:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Jan-2022 05:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jan-2022 07:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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