ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64147
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 June 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Robertson Air Service Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-APF |
| MSN: | DHNZ.180 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hamilton Airport, Waikato -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hamilton Airport (HLZ/NZHN) |
| Hamilton Airport (HLZ/NZHN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.180; Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ1500 at Rongotai 21.2.45. To RNZAF Whenuapai.
Struck off charge when sold 24.10.47 to Waitomo Aero Club. New Zealand civil registered as ZK-APF 6.6.47 to Waitomo Aero Club. Sold on and re-registered 13.7.50 to Robertson Air Service Ltd, Hamilton (based Hamilton Airport, Rukuhia).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Hamilton Airport, Rukuhia, 14km South of Hamilton, Waikato Region, New Zealand 3.6.52. Pilot R T Lambert. Registration ZK-APF cancelled 30.7.52
Hamilton Airport is an airport located 14 kilometres south of the city of Hamilton in the Waikato region, in New Zealand. It is sited at Rukuhia, which was the name of the Royal New Zealand Air Force base on that site during World War II
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ1.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113309 [photo of wreckage]
5. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22791442?search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=13363 [photo]
6. https://steemit.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a-nz1466-to-nz-1500-1939-to-1956-part-7
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Airport_(New_Zealand)#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 10-Jul-2009 17:46 | angels one five | Updated |
| 10-Jul-2009 17:47 | angels one five | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2014 20:07 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 06-Mar-2019 08:01 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2021 02:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 20:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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