ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62081
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| Date: | Sunday 24 February 1974 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rex Flying School |
| Registration: | ZK-AIA |
| MSN: | 3697 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Ardmore Aerodrome, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Ardmore Aerodrome, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand (NZAR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3697 (Gipsy Major #80629); Built by DeHaviland at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. C of A 6335 issued 30.6.38 to F D Mill. Arrived in New Zealand 25.8.38. Registered in New Zealand as ZK-AGI (C of R 138) on 8.9.38 to Auckland Aero Club, Auckland. C of A validated 23.9.38.
Impressed as NZ721 1.10.39 (gift for cost of repairs - stated as £1,200) and taken on charge by the RNZAF FIS (Flying Instructors School) at Hobsonville 12.10.39. To 42 Squadron, RNZAF at unknown date. Then stored pending disposal
Struck off charge when sold 17.1.46 to Auckland Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AIA on 17.12.45 to Auckland Aero Club. This aicraft was the second Tiger Moth to be released for civilian flying after the war. Re-registered 3.1.57 to N R White, Auckland (reportedly operated by Auckland Gliding Club, but see below). Re-registered 29.3.61 to Gisborne Aero Club, Gisborne. Re-registered 30.12.63 to John N Pheasant, New Plymouth. Re-registered 5.2.64 to Auckland Gliding Club Inc, Ardmore, Auckland. Re-registrered 1.4.73 to John N Pheasant, Papakura, Auckland (aircraft based at Ardmore, Auckland). Operated [by 2.74] by Rex Flying School, Ardmore.
Badly damaged when struck building on unchocked start-up Ardmore Aerodrome, Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand 24.2.74; pilot Trevor Douglas
Repaired and returned to service, using parts from Tiger Moth ZK-BFY (MSN 85487, ex-G-ANRB, and ex-RAF DE507). Took part in the Millenium Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff between 9.2.2000 and 18.2.2000. Re-registered 1.3.2006 to Bruce W Donnelly, Kaukapakapa. Re-registered 16.5.13 to Anne Donnelly, Kaukapakapa (later Matamata). Currently registered and airworthy in New Zealand
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p036.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZK-.html
5, http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAAH.htm
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
7. https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18577
8. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardmore_Airport_(New_Zealand)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 06-Jan-2022 17:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Jan-2022 04:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jan-2022 04:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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