ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64532
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Date: | Friday 31 December 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Tauranga Aero Club |
Registration: | ZK-AJT |
MSN: | DHNZ96 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kaimai Range -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Waharoa, New Zealand |
Destination airport: | Tauranga, New Zealand |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ96: Built by DHNZ (DeHavilland New Zealand) at Rongotai. Taken on charge by the RNZAF as NZ846 at Rongotai 8.10.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [2.42-3.42]. To 42 Squadron 4.42. Sold 2.8.46 to Tauranga Aero Club.
Registered as ZK-AJT 30.7.46 to Tauranga Aero Club. Damaged in forced landing Awakino 10.3.48; repaired.
Written off due to engine failure and crashed in the Kaimai Ranges 31.12.48 en route Waharoa to Tauranga; wreck abandoned as inaccessible. Pilot Marshall. Registration cancelled 22.9.49.
The Kaimai Range is a mountain range in the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of a series of ranges, with the Coromandel Range to the north and the Mamaku Ranges to the south. The Kaimai Range separates the Waikato in the west from the Bay of Plenty in the east
Sources:
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http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AJT.html 3.
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30631391 4.
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30651562 5.
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm 6.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html 8.
http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm 9.
https://www.findlostaircraft.co.nz/zk-ajv%203.html 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaimai_Range Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
08-Jul-2009 20:51 |
angels one five |
Updated |
02-Mar-2015 17:29 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
04-Aug-2020 08:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
04-Aug-2020 20:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
29-Jul-2021 19:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
27-Aug-2021 00:37 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
09-Oct-2021 01:18 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
27-Jan-2022 22:30 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
13-Feb-2022 11:25 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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