ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64001
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Date: | Thursday 25 February 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club |
Registration: | ZK-AIX |
MSN: | 83395/DHNZ47 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Miramar Golf Course, Wellington 1 -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Hastings (Bridge Pa) Aerodrome, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (NZHS) |
Destination airport: | Rongotai Airport, Wellington, New Zealand |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 83395; Fuselage built by Morris Mototrs at Cowley, Oxford. To DH New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Assembled at Rongotai as DHNZ.47 and taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ797 at Rongotai 31.1.41. To 3 EFTS Harewood [6.41-1944]. To 42 Squadron [1945].
Struck off charge when sold 17.4.46 to Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club. NZ civil registered as ZK-AIX 21.3.46 to Hawkes Bay & East Coast Aero Club, Hastings.
Written off (destroyed) when spun in and crashed at Miramar Golf Course, near Rongotai, Wellington 25.2.54 and destroyed by fire; pilot F. Hooper killed. Registration ZK-AIX cancelled 12.12.56.
Sources:
1.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2.
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html 5. ZK-AIX at Hastings (Bridge Pa) Aerodrome between 17.4.46 and 7.6.47:
https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/160572 [photo]
6.
https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56206-zk-aix-1 7.
http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKAIQ.htm 8.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AIX.html 9.
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/37751800?search%5Bi%5D%5Bplace_authority_id%5D=-338243&search%5Bpath%5D=items 10.
https://www.miramargolfclub.co.nz/history?ComeFromCat=1331 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
26-Jun-2009 17:57 |
angels one five |
Updated |
09-Feb-2011 03:09 |
angels one five |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
10-May-2013 21:34 |
angels one five |
Updated [Registration, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
02-Mar-2015 06:56 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
23-Sep-2021 11:37 |
Antonio |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
11-Oct-2021 20:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
11-Oct-2021 20:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Category] |
11-Oct-2021 20:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Category] |
21-Jan-2022 20:53 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
13-Feb-2022 01:29 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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