ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63033
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 April 1964 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | G L Cook & R J Courtenay |
| Registration: | ZK-AJA |
| MSN: | 82395/DHNZ7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gore Airfield, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Charlton/Gore Airfield, Gore, Gore District, Southland (NZGC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82395 (Gipsy Major #81990); Fuselage built by DH at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. To DH Aircraft of New Zealand Co Ltd and built up from DH Hatfield manufactured steel fuselage with locally produced assemblies under Contract No.8200 and MSN DHNZ.7. To RNZAF as NZ757 and taken on charge at Unit 18, RNZAF Rongotai 1.8.40. To 3 EFTS RNZAF Harewood [by 1944] coded "39". To 42 Squadron [1945].
Struck of charge when sold (as free issue) 17.11.46 to Otago Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AJA 16.4.46 to Otago Aero Club, Dunedin. Crashed Taieri Airport, Dunedin 2.5.48; repaired and returned to service. Badly damaged in heavy landing Taieri Airport, Dunedin 8.12.50; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 9.3.57 to W W Roud & JG Weir, Dunedin. Re-registered 13.9.57 to G T Herron, Balfour (based Queenstown). Re-registered 7.11.63 to G L Cook & R J Courtenay, Lumsden.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take off at Charlton/Gore Airfield, Gore, Gore District, Southland 22.4.64. Gore Airport (ICAO: NZGC), also known as Charlton Aerodrome, is an aerodrome between Gore and Mataura in New Zealand. It is 3.5 miles South West of Gore on SH1. Pilot: Kingan. Registration ZK-AJA cancelled 29.7.68 as "Withdrawn From Use".
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm
3. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 23-Sep-2021 11:37 | Antonio | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2021 01:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Jan-2022 22:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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