ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63924
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 January 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rural Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AVP |
| MSN: | DHA490 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maxwell, Whanganui -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | New Plymouth Airport, New Plymouth, New Zealand (NZNP) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHA.490 (Gipsy Major #292); Built by DH Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Taken on charge as NZ1404 at Unit 18 Rongotai, Wellington, 10.10.41. To 3 EFTS, Harewood [by 1942]. To Wigram [1945].
Struck off charge when sold 27.2.47 to South Canterbury Aero Club. Registered as ZK-ALQ 21.11.46 to South Canterbury Aero Club, Timaru. Spun in from 3,000 ft and crashed Gleniti, near Timaru 1.10.49. Registration ZK-ALQ cancelled 25.11.49. Sold 29.5.50 and rebuilt for agricultural (topdressing/crop-spraying) operations; registered as ZK-AVP 8.6.50 to Airwork (NZ) Ltd, Christchurch. Damaged when caught in downdraught and crashed at Charwell 7.8.52; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 9.5.53 to Rural Aviation Ltd, New Plymouth.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Maxwell, 20 km (12 miles) West of Whanganui, North Island 26.1.55; Pilot E. Wilkinson. Registration ZK-AVP cancelled 8.5.56.
Maxwell, previously known as Pakaraka, Okehu, and then Maxwelltown, is a farming and lifestyle community 20 kilometres west of Whanganui, on the North Island of New Zealand. To Māori, the area had been known as Pakaraka
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus4.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-AVP.html
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKARZ.htm
8. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56284-zk-alq-1
9. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz-1401-to-nz1420-1939-to-1956-part-5
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell,_New_Zealand
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Jul-2009 16:36 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Oct-2013 19:56 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2021 18:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 26-Nov-2021 02:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jan-2022 06:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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