ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64357
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 September 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Auster Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AOQ |
| MSN: | DHNZ87 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oamaru Airport, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Oamaru Airport, Oamaru, North Otago (NZOU) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.87; Built at Rongotai By DH New Zeland. Taken on charge as NZ837 at Unit 18, Rongotai 30.8.41. To 4 EFTS Whenuapai by 10.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [3.42-2.43]. Force landed at Brighton after losing 6 inches from it's propellor during a simulated forced landing on 29.9.42. To ATC Touring Flight, Mangere [1944]. To RNZAF Taieri [1945] for long term stotage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 20.2.47 to C.E. Roscoe, Bower Garage, New Brighton. New Zealand civil registered as ZK-AOQ 19.3.47 to C.E. Roscoe, Christchurch. Re-registered 26.4.50 to Aerial Sowing (Canterbury) Ltd, Christchurch, after conversion for agricultural (topdressing/crop spraying) operation. Badly damaged when struck truck on take-off Waiau 4.8.50; repaired and returned to service. Damaged on landing Waimati 3.11.50; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged Conway Flats 27.1.52; repaired and returned to service.
Operated (by/in 1955) by (associate) Auster Air Services Ltd, Timaru. Badly damaged in accident Oamaru 18.3.55; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged in accident near Oamaru Airport, 20 km north of Oamaru, Hilderthorpe, North Otago 21.9.55. Pilot I F Rankin. Registration ZK-AOQ cancelled 24.8.62 at owners request.
Oamaru Airport is an airport located 20 km north of Oamaru just alongside of state highway 1, at Robertson Road, Waitaki Bridge, Hilderthorpe in the North Otago region and the Waitaki District of New Zealand.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
4. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
5. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/113192
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oamaru_Airport
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 March 1955 | ZK-AOQ | Auster Air Services Ltd | 0 | Albury, Canterbury | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Jul-2009 19:39 | angels one five | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2013 05:07 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 22-Oct-2021 14:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Jan-2022 10:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 18:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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