ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63778
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 December 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Northern Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BBS |
| MSN: | 3351 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kaihu, Northland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Kaihu, near Dargaville, Northland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 3351: First registered (C of R 5927) as 17.6.35 as G-ADIJ to Brooklands Aviation Ltd., Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey (aircraft based at Sywell, Northamptonshire). C of A 4906 issued 23.7.35. Civil registration G-ADIJ cancelled 17.9.40 when impressed into military service as BB788; issued to 6 EFTS, Sywell, Northamptonshire. Used at Sywell throughout the war, and taken to 9 MU Cosford on 19.7.45, for disposal.
Sold to Marshalls of Cambridge 30.4.46 and Registration G-ADIJ restored (C of R 5297/2) 25.3.47 to Brooklands Aviation, Weybridge, Surrey (operated by Northampton Aero Club). C of A renewed 13.6.47. New C of R No.R1338/2 issued 1950 Registration cancelled/lapsed 15.8.52. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 1338/3) on 18.8.52 to Leslie Wynham Sanger, Wallington, Surrey. UK registration G-ADIJ cancelled 4.9.52 as "later sold to New Zealand"
Re-registered as ZK-BBS 20.10.52 to Thames Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Thames. Re-registered 24.1.55 to Northern Aviation Ltd, Dargaville. As ZK-BBS, converted for agricultural (topdressing/crop spraying) operations.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14.12.55 when collided with a tree while topdressing, and crashed at Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes?view=article&id=78:register-gb-g-ad&catid=15:aeroplanes
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADIJ.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p033.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/8381
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaihu
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dargaville
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 07-Oct-2013 05:21 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Jan-2018 01:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 21:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 21:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2021 15:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Jan-2022 10:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jan-2022 07:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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