ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64586
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| Date: | Thursday 23 October 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-ANV |
| MSN: | 83381/DHNZ33 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bridge Pa Aerodrome, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hastings (Bridge Pa) Aerodrome, Hawkes Bay (NZHS) |
| Hastings (Bridge Pa) Aerodrome, Hawkes Bay (NZHS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fuselage built at Morris Motors Cowley, Oxford (MSN.83381) and shipped to New Zealand unassembled and without engine. Remainder of aircraft constructed by DH New Zealand at Rongotai from local materials (under MSN DHNZ33). BOC at Unit 18 Rongotai 15 November 1940 as NZ783. With No.4 EFTS, Whenuapai 1941. To RNZAF Woodbourne for storage pending disposal
Sold to Leon U. Gray from Woodbourne for £180 (WARB Release 4819) on 22 January 1947 and entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-ANV on 24 January 1947, as registered to C.S.Gray. It was sold to the Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club on 9 July 1947.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when struck power lines and crashed on landing at Hastings (Bridge Pa) Aerodrome, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand 23 October 1947, Pilot: A E Ingram. Registration cancelled 30 September 1948.
Sources:
1. Civil Air Accident File: ABVX 7333 W4772/1
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-ANV.html
6. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/16513/tiger-moth-zk-anv
7. https://steemkr.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz730-to-nz798-1939-to-1956
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Aerodrome#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 04-Jun-2009 15:50 | angels one five | Updated |
| 19-Mar-2012 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2016 00:58 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 22:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 31-Aug-2021 18:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Sep-2021 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2022 02:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
| 05-Feb-2022 15:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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